Supported by FFF and Common Goal, players from four different countries are taking responsibility for the environmental impact of their flights to and from the tournament.

Our Founder Elliot Arthur-Worsop hosted a panel at the Speakers Forum, alongside New Zealand international Katie Rood and Wycombe Wanderers midfielder David Wheeler.

The Climate Champions are going on a journey filled with continued development from climate-curious individuals, to informed activists, through a series of workshops and trainings around climate awareness and action.  

The Climate Clubs collective are highlighting the 23 football clubs at risk of flooding by 2050, by redesigning their shirts to convey a powerful message.

This week Sports Positive Leagues has released the EFL 2022 Matrix, which charts the sustainability efforts of clubs in the Championship, League One, and League Two. This new initiative represents the organisation’s efforts to encourage environmental responsibility across all levels of professional football.

FFF were delighted to be invited to deliver a talk on climate action and environmental sustainability in football at the University of Oxford. Barney Weston, Co-Founder and Co-Director of FFF, delivered the talk at the School of Geography and the Environment.

The first weekend of February was the first annual Green Football Weekend. This saw more than 80 football clubs participating in a coordinated action plan to promote environmental sustainability. As well as Wolves launching their One Pack, One Planet pledge, there was fantastic engagement and support across the beautiful game, making GFW the biggest ever weekend for climate awareness in the footballing world.

FFF research has identified at least 60 matches across the English football pyramid postponed due to freezing weather conditions in January.

Wolves have an ambition to be industry leaders in environmental sustainability. Their new sustainability campaign - One Pack, One Planet - seeks to maximise the club’s positive pawprint in the city of Wolverhampton and globally. 

Do you feel that your football club has a responsibility to raise awareness of climate change? With Green Football Weekend around the corner, 70% of Wolves supporters think so.

Football For Future (FFF) were delighted to work with West Ham United Foundation recently to deliver a climate-focused educational workshop for staff, supporting the launch of their environmental sustainability policy and action plan.

Football For Future partnered with Generation Amazing to deliver a workshop to young people from around the world as part of the Generation Amazing Youth Festival. One week before the FIFA World Cup 2022 commenced, 24 participants took part in our Climate Change, Sustainability and Football Crash Course in Doha.

We’re pleased to announce that FFF have partnered with Sussex County FA, to help shed light on the climate crises threatening our game.

Football is universal and the World Cup is its greatest stage. However, we cannot ignore that the environmental impact of the World Cup is monumental. The challenge is well understood. But what are the solutions?

Barney Weston (FFF Co-Director) and Ed Shepherd (FFF Policy Officer) were recently invited to take part in a Volunteering Fair at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

Last month Football For Future was invited to attend the inaugural summit of Nike FC in Paris.

We are partnering with Generation Amazing to deliver our education workshops to young people in Qatar, the week before the FIFA World Cup 2022 begins.

So many matches were cancelled this past weekend that #GameOff was trending on Twitter. To give you an idea of the scale, here is just an initial overview of the senior fixtures which were cancelled due to waterlogged pitches:

FFF have partnered with football x climate charity Pledgeball, delivering a workshop that encourages football fans to ask their clubs what they are doing to tackle climate change, and to pledge to reduce their personal carbon emissions.

FFF delivered our workshops to the players in Chelsea Academy’s Under-13 to Under-16 age groups. The sessions were the first of their kind delivered to Academy players, as part of a new extension of our Champions programme.