We are excited to kick off Season 2 of the Football For Future x Common Goal Champions Community! This game-changing initiative is back, supporting footballers to lead on climate action. Today, we’re excited to announce our 28-player lineup — a squad of changemakers ready to inspire change, and leave a lasting legacy.

Building on existing work, the Premier League has launched its strategy to support positive environmental change.

We send out a newsletter to the football and sustainability community every month - here’s a round-up of this month’s edition.

We send out a newsletter to the football and sustainability community every month - here’s a round-up of this month’s edition.

Football For Future (FFF) co-directors Barney Weston and Elliot Arthur-Worsop have mutually agreed to conclude their co-directorship of FFF after four years of partnership.

Last month, the world’s politicians, scientists, activists and organisations came together for COP29. Football, and sport more broadly, had a noticeable presence.

As the excitement of the Euros and the Olympics began to fade, a lesser-known but equally significant tournament kicked off in the Himalayas: the Ladakh Climate Cup. From September 1st to 7th 2024, six football clubs gathered in Leh for the world’s only climate-focused football tournament, hosted over 11,000 feet above sea level. But the Climate Cup is about more than just a game – it’s a call for urgent climate action in South Asia, bringing attention to environmental challenges across India and beyond.

In early November 2024, Spain was hit by devastating flooding that claimed over 200 lives, one of the deadliest natural disasters in the country’s modern history. Football has been at the heart of the response.

Elite athletes and community leaders celebrate the creation of Fields of Change, the first ever training resource designed to help grassroots organisations integrate environmental sustainability into their work.

The flash flooding and subsequent casualties in Valencia are the culmination of a devastating few months of flooding across Europe, and a stark reminder of the severity of the climate crisis.

Last season, FFF and Common Goal brought together a group of climate-conscious professional football players to create the first ever Climate Champions Community. Over the course of the year the players collaborated, publicly advocated for climate action, and inspired sustainable change within their networks.

We are proud to congratulate our Co-Founder Elliot Arthur-Worsop for his recognition in ‘VERSUS 50’, as one of the 50 individuals shaping the future of football culture.

We were delighted to join students at the University of Cambridge to talk about our work at the intersection of football and climate change.

We’re delighted to announce that ‘The Sofie Project’, run in collaboration with Common Goal, has been nominated for ‘Campaign of the Year’ at the British Association for Sustainable Sport (BASIS) Awards!

We were excited to see familiar faces shortlisted for this year’s BBC Green Sport Awards! Congratulations to Jessie Fleming and Sofie Junge Pedersen on their nominations for 'World Athlete of the Year' and to David Wheeler for 'Athlete of the Year.'

We are delighted that Football For Future is featured in three nominations for this year’s Sport Positive Awards.

FFF engages Worthing schoolchildren to understand the relationship between football and climate change as part of the Adur & Worthing Councils Worthing Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) Fund.

In the final week of EURO 2024, Co-directors Elliot Arthur-Worsop and Barney Weston connected with leaders in sports sustainability at The Berlin Forum and the Football for Sustainability Summit, hosted by Common Goal.

FFF returned to Glastonbury on The Information Stage at Silver Hayes where co-director Barney Weston and guests discussed football's impact on sustainability, fashion, and the environment.