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Formula E sustainability director claims new car is sparking systemic change at COP27

  • Non-Olympic Sports

Formula E has changed the composition of batteries used in its Gen3 cars to ensure they are more environmentally friendly, which sustainability director Julia Pallé says has "changed the face of the industry".

couple of weeks' time," said Formula E's sustainability director Julia Pallé at the United Nations Climate



Griner sent to Russian penal colony to serve nine-year prison sentence

  • Basketball

United States' double Olympic gold medallist Brittney Griner has officially begun her sentence in a remote Russian penal colony after being sentenced to nine years in prison on drug possession and smuggling charges.

The facility is in the town of Yavas in the region of Mordovia known its harsh climate."


Macron states "sport should not be politicised" prior to FIFA World Cup

  • World Cup

French President Emmanuel Macron has said that "sport should not be politicised", just days before the beginning of the FIFA World Cup in Qatar which has been surrounded by controversy. 

And whether the question is on the climate or human rights, it is not necessary to ask it when the event


Schrinner believes "no better place" than Brisbane for 2026 UN Climate Change Conference

  • Brisbane 2032

city, which is to host the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games, to stage the 2026 United Nations (UN) Climate

with Pacific Islands in 2026, and he added that he believed this could draw attention to the impact of climate

Islands are some of the places that are experiencing and will experience the devastating impacts of climate

tiers.Schrinner claimed Brisbane is "Australia's largest carbon neutral Government organisation".The UN Climate



Officials call for peace and tolerance at 2022 UTS World Youth Festival

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Afghanistan International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Samira Asghari, United Nations (UN) Economic and Social Council President Lachezara Stoeva and United Through Sports (UTS) President Stephan Fox were among the many officials who called for peace on the International Day for Tolerance here.

grim present through a virtual message, referring to the war in Ukraine.According to her, issues like climate


Olympic champion Chen among FISU World Conference speakers to discuss climate change and winter sports

  • Lake Placid 2023

the International University Sports Federation (FISU) World Conference, which is expected to focus on climate

Mair.McKibben is the co-founder and senior advisor at 350.org, which is the first planet-wide, grassroots climate

Winter sporting communities and athletes alike are seeing first-hand the impact of climate change on

State's Olympic Regional Development Authority is expected to be one of the local agencies sending climate

and environmental experts.They are expected to explore New York's efforts to combat climate change and


Saudi Olympic and Paralympic Committee signs UN Sports for Climate Action Framework

  • OCA

The Saudi Olympic and Paralympic Committee (SOPC) has signed the United Nations (UN) Sports for Climate

Action Framework was co-created by UN Climate Change and the International Olympic Committee in 2018

aiming to support sports organisations in their pursuit of climate-change goals.The SGI forum was held

, better known as COP27, and aimed to address climate challenges in the country.Saudi Arabia is the world

The climate crisis is a call of action for all of us to combat climate change through all levels," he

SOPC is working on expanding the scope of climate actions in the kingdom to be extended to the sport


Qatar - the unlikely FIFA World Cup host

  • The Big Read

It is a relic from another era, the age of super-powered bidding battles, when political leaders in every major country under the sun were desperate to host marquee sports competitions.

How could the world's top players function in the scorching desert climate?



FIS extends partnership with Viessman for next four years

  • Ski Jumping

The International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) has extended its long-term partnership with Viessmann up to and including the 2025-2026 season.

Viessman has given its backing to FIS climate goals ©Getty ImagesIvo Hoevel, vice-president of marketing

That's why we're especially excited to now strengthen our partners' climate goals with our expertise

and, most importantly, our climate solutions."

It doesn't surprise me that Viessmann supports the climate goals of FIS."


IFSC President Scolaris calls for joint action on climate change at UIAA General Assembly

  • Sport Climbing

action with the Union Internationale des Associations d’Alpinisme (UIAA) over global challenges such as climate

To mention one: climate change."

Both IFSC and UIAA are signatories of the United Nations Sport for Climate Action Framework, a project

President Peter Muir at the latter organisation's General Congress after proposing joint action to tackle climate