FFF Newsletter: October round-up
FFF founder Elliot speaking at Climate Week NYC, launching Pitches in Peril.
We send a newsletter to the football and sustainability community every month – here’s a round-up of this month’s edition. Sign up to receive the newsletter straight to your inbox – the subscribe button is at the bottom of this page.
A WORD FROM OUR FOUNDER
"The football season is in full swing, and it’s been great to feel the energy building across the game. It's also a crucial time of year for international climate action as COP30 continues in Brazil. This week we delivered a brilliant climate training session with London Sport — huge thanks to everyone involved.
Pitches in Peril continues to stay hugely relevant:
With the World Cup draw coming up, it’s an exciting moment — and our data, stories, and insights will naturally resurface as the conversation builds.
Keep an ear out for FFF across your airwaves and in the media over the next few weeks.
We’re already seeing some of our projections coming to life — including the extreme flooding at Raheem Sterling’s childhood pitch in Jamaica during Storm Melissa.
Our team are spread around the world at the moment — Thom is speaking in Italy at the Social Football Summit, Aisha is in Saudi, Dan is delivering sessions in London, and I’m between Greece, Uganda, and Kenya. If anyone happens to be in any of these places, let us know — would be great to connect. And finally, we’re feeling the momentum build as we head towards the World Cup… lots of exciting conversations happening behind the scenes. Watch this space."
Elliot Arthur-Worsop
INSIDE FFF
We've been hustling behind the scenes to expand our services and make an even bigger impact. Here are some of our recent achievements and projects.
ICYMI: We launched 'Pitches in Peril', a first of its kind climate risk report focusing on the 2026 World Cup venues and the grassroots pitches of key footballing legends.
Elliot reflected on how we are already seeing climate impacts that are more severe for locations such as Raheem Sterling's childhood pitch in Jamaica than predicted in our Pitches in Peril report.
The Premier League highlighted our recent work with Newcastle United academy players.
FFF's Thom Rawson will be speaking at the Social Football Summit in Turin on 18 November.
The Women's Game discussed our Pitches in Peril report.
We took a look at the start of the COP30 climate conference in Belém, Brazil, and the links between this COP and football.
FOOTBALL & CLIMATE CHANGE
There has been lots of movement within the sector...
UEFA and the European Football Clubs (EFC) have launched a joint Sustainability Cooperation Plan which they say puts social and environmental sustainability (SES) at the heart of European club football.
Earth FC launched their build-up to COP30 in Belem, Brazil.
Sport England argued that grassroots clubs have the power to "change the country" and address the on-going issue of extreme weather.
Adapt2Win launched, bringing together famous athletes to call on world leaders to close the adaptation finance gap and invest in solutions that can help safeguard communities.
UEFA launched the Environmental, Social and Governance Report of the UEFA Women's EURO 2025, which took place last July in Switzerland.
The Football & Climate Change Newsletter examined the progress on net zero so far of the biggest clubs in Europe.
Earth FC engaged fans on climate at a recent Botafogo v Vasco de Gama game in Brazil.
During COP30, the global sports industry has issued a united call for governments and leaders to harness the power of sport as a strategic partner in climate action and community resilience.
CLIMATE STATS
Our mission is urgent. Here's why.
Britain must prepare for at least 2C of warming within just 25 years, the government has been advised by its top climate advisers.
Rising heat kills one person a minute worldwide, a major report revealed.
Most of the world has recently set all-time heat records. The land – where all of us live – is warming about 40% faster than the global average, and high latitude regions are warming even faster.
In 1992, the Premier League was established, and governments pledged to prevent 'dangerous' climate change. One of those missions has proved more successful than the other.
