World Athletics joins hand with IBU, IFF and SFF for Climate Change Mitigation Research Project

World Athletics, the International Biathlon Union (IBU), the International Floorball Federation (IFF) and the Swedish Floorball Federation (SFF) will collaborate to investigate how their various sports might adopt additional measures to reduce their climate change. The Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, the project coordinator, will examine the climate governance and management models currently employed in the three sports as part of the GAMES (Green Approaches in Management for Enhancing Sports) project, an Erasmus+ funded initiative, and support the development of decarbonization strategies for each partner.

Touchline, a London-based sports and sustainability consultancy and publisher of The Sustainability Report, will be a communication and distribution partner for the initiative. Over the course of the 30-month project, the GAMES partners will provide a variety of deliverables, including webinars on sport and the environment, workshops on decarbonization and communication, a mid-term report and conference, a survey of sports managers, and a final report and conference outlining the project’s findings and accomplishments, as and periodic updates via the GAMES website and newsletter.

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What the World Athletics President Sebastian Coe Had to Say

“Achieving meaningful change in a battle against climate change, one of the greatest global challenges we face today, will require building innovative partnerships and collaboration across all sports, at all levels. So, we welcomed the opportunity to work with our colleagues at the IBU, IFF and SIBF on this important research initiative, “Sebastian Coe stated.

What the President of the International Biathlon Union Had to Say

Olle Dahlin, the President of the International Biathlon Union, stated, “Decarbonization is a global imperative for us to have a fighting chance to keep global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. As a Sports for Climate Action Framework and Race to Zero signatory, we at the IBU are committed to significantly reducing the emissions caused by our activities. We look forward to learning about and implementing the various decarbonization best practices that will be uncovered across sports through the GAMES Erasmus+ project.”