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January 28, 2020
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Call for articles: Do no harm – avoiding pitfalls in sport and development

Much of the narrative around sport and development centres on the use of sport to achieve positive outcomes. However, it is crucial to acknowledge […]

Source: sportanddev.org
Gender EqualityReduced Inequalities
January 27, 2020
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Global Laser Run city tour

Not once but twice in the week before Christmas 2019, the people of the Ivory Coast sampled the joys of the Global Laser Run […]

Source: Modern Pentathlon
Innovation and InfrastructureReduced InequalitiesResponsible ConsumptionSustainable Cities and Communities
January 27, 2020
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Tokyo 2020 to Utilise Hydrogen for Games Cauldron and Torch

For the first time in the history of the Games, hydrogen will be used to power both the Olympic and Paralympic Cauldrons in Tokyo […]

Source: Tokyo 2020
Affordable and Clean EnergyResponsible Consumption
January 26, 2020
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The IOC are lagging behind on climate change as it begins to have a greater impact on sporting events.

Late risers staying in the Lausanne Palace may have been somewhat alarmed looking out of their windows last week. Or perhaps they would have […]

Source: Inside The Games
Climate ActionResponsible ConsumptionSustainable Cities and Communities
January 24, 2020
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German Football Association Becomes 100th Signatory of Sports for Climate Action

The German Football Association (DFB), governing body of football in Germany and founding member of both FIFA and UEFA, is the first national football […]

Source: UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change)
Climate ActionResponsible ConsumptionSustainable Cities and Communities
January 24, 2020
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ABN AMRO to collect and recycle used tennis balls to make Sustainaballs

ABN AMRO has announced plans to collect as many used tennis balls as possible during the next few weeks, for recycling as a new […]

Source: ABN AMRO
Climate ActionResponsible Consumption
January 22, 2020
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Lausanne 2020 seeks to create a sustainability legacy

The Youth Olympic Games (YOG) have earned themselves a reputation as an innovative, pioneering event since their inception in 2010, and, a decade on, […]

Climate Action
January 21, 2020
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FIFA and hosts Qatar present joint FIFA World Cup™ Sustainability Strategy

In 2022, the FIFA World Cup™ will be held in the Arab world for the first time, in a fast-growing economy and in the […]

Source: https://fifa.com
Gender EqualityGood HealthInnovation and Infrastructure
January 21, 2020
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Young Lions Cup South leaving a legacy in Botswana

GABORONE (Botswana) – Our Youth Leadership and Basketball development project, the Young Lions Cup South has been successfully hosted in Botswana for the past […]

Source: http://www.fiba.basketball
Reduced Inequalities
January 20, 2020
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New IOF Sustainability Policy

The IOF has declared sustainability as one of its three basic values. In coherence with its values, the IOF acknowledges and intends to contribute […]

Source: International Orienteering Federation
Climate Action