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UIAA celebrate International Mountain Day in a bid to "create awareness"

  • Non-Olympic Sports

International Mountain Day has been an annual occasion since, in 2003, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) designated December 11 as an opportunity to "create awareness".

“This year the theme for the UN declared International Mountain Day is ‘Mountains under Pressure: climate




Fiji welcomes Queen's Baton for first time since 2006

  • Gold Coast 2018

The Gold Coast 2018 Queen’s Baton has arrived in Fiji for two days of celebrations as its tour of Oceania continues.

visits to the Cook Islands and Tonga.Its visit to the Cook Islands was used to highlight the issue of climate

Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands following.The Cook Islands aimed to highlight the issue of climate


Alan Hubbard: Sport now on a par with showbiz and politics in the game of sleaze

  • Inside the Blogs

We wondered how long it would be before dear old Sepp Blatter resurfaced to become involved in yet another imbroglio, this time joining the long list of those in positions of power or prominence who are alleged to have been in the past a bit too touchy-feely when it comes to the opposite sex.

organ The News of the World, made an excuse and left.I recount this tale only because in the current climate



Liz Nicholl: It is important we know truth and voices heard so grievances must be dealt with promptly

  • Inside the Blogs

It is widely acknowledged that the UK’s high performance sport system has been incredibly successful in terms of winning medals on the Olympic, Paralympic and world stage. This success is unprecedented for a nation the size of the United Kingdom. 

successes and failures, from the best in the world in sport and other industries.Details also emerged of a "climate



Tokyo Metropolitan Government announce plans to offset carbon dioxide for Olympic and Paralympic Ceremonies

  • Tokyo 2020

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) have announced plans to offset all carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions for the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Their plan was announced by Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike at the C40 Cities Climate leadership group meeting

in Paris, as part of attempts to meet the aims of the Paris climate agreement.Tokyo has set a target



Mike Rowbottom: As Pyeongchang Olympic Torch Relay gets underway, Paris 2024 and Los Angeles 2028 shine a light on what Olympic values can still mean

  • Inside the Blogs

I like to think I have a special relationship with the Olympic Flame. I haven't. But I like to think I have.

exemplary and innovative approaches to energy and water efficiency, greenhouse gas emissions reduction and climate

element.Having attended the discussions two years earlier that had led to the creation of the Paris Climate


Garcetti says Los Angeles 2028 will uphold values as deal with Paris 2024 is signed

  • Paris 2024

Angeles, has underlined the Olympic city's determination to uphold its values on social integration and climate

When the US President, Donald Trump, announced in June that his country would withdraw from the Paris climate

exemplary and innovative approaches to energy and water efficiency, greenhouse gas emissions reduction and climate


Bach to meet Paris and Los Angeles Mayors at C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group summit

  • Paris 2024

President Thomas Bach has joined Mayors from around the world attending a major summit in Paris on climate

is also expected to hold talks with Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, who is attending the C40 Cities Climate

Garcetti is one of several Mayors from United States cities who have taken on leadership roles on the climate

change issue since President Donald Trump announced in June that he was pulling America out of the Paris Climate

Accord,"Climate change is an urgent crisis that demands American leadership," Garcetti said.