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The world is heating up, Cool Down - the sport for climate action network, works to cool it down. Sharing what our members do: https://t.co/kCFNKCfXBJ
Joined July 2024
🚨BREAKING! 🚨 🌍 The Fossil Free Declaration is a new global initiative inviting athletes & sports organisations to sever ties with the industries driving climate breakdown. Get involved by inviting your favourite athlete or team to join.✍️ More 👉 https://t.co/Vfra73dbh2
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🚨 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆! 🚨 Join us for 'Turbo-Charged Consumer Capitalism: and what to do about it' - a discussion on Amazon, advertising and how we flip the consumerism script. 🗓 Sunday 2 Nov, 2–6pm 📍 The Advocacy Academy, London ✍️ RSVP. 👇 https://t.co/aabm3aPYI7
actionnetwork.org
Panel discussion with Make Amazon Pay and Badvertising followed by creative arts skillshare. Sunday 2nd November, Brixton, London. With Black Friday approaching, billboards and digital advertising...
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"You don’t need to know everything about climate change, or climate action, to make an impact." In our latest interview, we speak to Olympic race walker and campaigner, Rhydian Cowley, about why he has joined the Fossil Free Declaration. 👇 📖: https://t.co/mHrxJFBI9B
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🚨 New study reveals that marathon records are now less likely due to climate breakdown. Yet the industries fuelling the crisis for profit continue to use the sport as a billboard. 🤨 More on running's pollution problem 👉 https://t.co/POdDzj8Wdq
https://t.co/1emCDJV3Xy
bbc.co.uk
Rising temperatures have made record times in some races "nearly impossible", says new research.
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"Cricket may be India's religion, but it is also a climate casualty waiting to happen" New research published in India's largest newspaper, Dainik Bhaskar, reveals how the nation's pollution problem is being fuelled by its most popular sport. 🧵 https://t.co/AJ1oBaxsgx
english.bhaskar.com
Why the sport is a major contributor to...
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🚨 New research reveals that fossil fuel companies own just 1.5% of the world's renewable energy projects. But if you were to look at the industry's adverts, you would think they are driving the energy transition. 🤥🧵 https://t.co/ck4sb1y80L
newscientist.com
Despite public promises by many fossil fuel firms that they are investing in the green transition, it turns out that they have made little contribution to the growth of renewable energy
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🚨 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝘄𝗶𝗻! In a world-first, a Paris court has ruled that TotalEnergies has misled the public with its greenwashing ads. This is a huge victory for those that have been calling out the oil giant's lies for years. 🧵 https://t.co/afXyDZRnLC
theguardian.com
French multinational is ordered to remove its website messages about aiming for carbon neutrality
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🚨 Fossil fuel financier, JP Morgan Chase, yesterday cancelled their own race due to extreme heat. "Your safety is our top priority" 🤥 The irony appears to be lost on @jpmorgan, so we will spell it out for them. 🧵
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🚨 Inside ExxonMobil’s lobby campaign to take down Europe’s new climate accountability law. In a new investigation by SOMO, Exxonmobil's prolonged climate delay strategy in Europe is revealed. 🧵 https://t.co/0koYcT7CQn
somo.nl
Inside ExxonMobil’s lobby campaign to take down the EU’s CSDDD When the EU finally agreed on its landmark Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) in 2024, it was hailed as a breakt...
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Football mirrors society. As climate impacts escalate, it will be a key for shaping how we choose to respond. Bellerín’s story reminds us that culture, not just policy, will determine the world we build next. Full piece. 👇 https://t.co/R9vwQUVSo1
cooldownclimate.org
By Freddie Daley This chapter was originally published in ‘ Sporting Tales: 21 new stories for a troubled world '. As societies face up to the realities of a warming world, there is a simmering sense...
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When footballers speak out on social and climate justice, they are often told to 'stick to the football', with many elite players choosing this as the path of least resistance. But, Héctor has pushed back against this, calling for social and climate justice at every opportunity.
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With almost as many devout followers as the world's oldest religions, football is imbued with an almost spiritual cultural influence. And footballers are the human face of the sport, whose personal and political lives have a significant impact on fans. https://t.co/oQeArG2JQX
cooldownclimate.org
As a growing number of elite athletes use their platforms to call for more ambitious climate action and lifestyle changes, it is crucial to understand the impacts that athlete leadership could have -...
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Last week, Héctor was rightfully honoured as Global Champion by the BBC Green Sport Awards. In a sport where private jets and gargantuan SUVs have become the norm, Héctor has walked the talk of climate action while calling for system change. https://t.co/NN9GN76dsu
bbc.com
Former Arsenal defender Hector Bellerin talks about his attempts to live a more sustainable life as he wins the BBC Green Sports Award.
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Football can’t solve the climate crisis. But it can help us imagine a future worth fighting for. In Sporting Tales published last year, Freddie Daley documented the climate activism journey of Arsenal legend, Héctor Bellerín. 🧵 Read the full piece. 👇
cooldownclimate.org
By Freddie Daley This chapter was originally published in ‘ Sporting Tales: 21 new stories for a troubled world '. As societies face up to the realities of a warming world, there is a simmering sense...
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🚨 BREAKING: UK museums have voted to adopt a new Code of Ethics calling for a 'transition away' from fossil fuel and rights-abusing sponsors. This marks a huge moment for the culture sector challenging harmful sponsorship. Here's the story. 🧵 https://t.co/wnBKmVav4L
cultureunstained.org
In a significant shift for the culture sector, museums and galleries in the UK this evening voted to adopt ambitious new ethics rules that call for the sector to ‘transition away’ from sponsorship …
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🚨 Campaign win! 🚨 The City of Stockholm has just voted to ban fossil fuel advertising on public ad spaces from summer 2026. This is a landmark that adds momentum to the wave of local governments banning the promotion of polluting industries. 🧵 https://t.co/Fi1zepVbOY
newweather.se
Stockholms stad meddelade den 8 oktober att ett förbud mot fossilreklam i staden införs från och med sommaren 2026.
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Sofie Junge Pedersen has built a career defined by purpose as much as performance. Now the Danish international and Liga F midfielder has joined the Fossil Free Declaration, calling for an end to polluting sponsorship in sport. ✍️ Sign: https://t.co/Vfra73dJ6A
@sofiejungep
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🚨 Raducano forced to retire ill in Wuhan Open's first round amid extreme 34C humid heat. And guess who is sponsoring the climate-vulnerable tournament? Yup - that's right - Saudi Arabia's O̶i̶l̶ Public Investment Fund. 🛢️🫰 https://t.co/jBqq0JRhHf
bbc.com
British number one Emma Raducanu looks devoid of energy and appears to struggle with the hot and humid conditions before retiring in China.
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🚨 Last week, EA was sold for a massive $55bn (£41bn). The buyers? Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), a private equity firm and Jared Kushner’s Affinity Partners. The world of gaming has become a wild west for polluter ads and sponsorship. 🧵 https://t.co/KSjITPdY94
bbc.com
EA is known for making best-selling games such as EA FC, The Sims and Mass Effect.
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Katherine Choong signed the open letter urging climbing federations and other pro climbers to take a stand against polluting sponsorship. 🧗 The letter - released during the IFSC World Championships in Seoul - is part the Fossil Free Declaration. ✍️ Read more below 👇
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The Fossil Free Declaration is a new initiative for concerned fans, athletes and sports organisations to challenge promoting polluters in sport. Join the declaration 👉 https://t.co/o4qxau2Ixb
cooldownclimate.org
Launched by the Cool Down - Sport For Climate Action Network, the Declaration is a pledge for sports organisations, athletes, and fans to demonstrate climate leadership by rejecting sponsorships and...
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