THE ENERGY AND CLIMATE ACTION AREA
WHAT IS BEHIND THE ENERGY AND CLIMATE ACTION AREA?
Minimise greenhouse gas emissions and energy requirements: Climate change is considered one of the greatest ecological challenges we face. Protecting the climate is therefore one of the most important tasks of environmental policy worldwide. Given the already visible effects of climate change on sport, climate protection and climate adaptation will become an even more important issue for sport in general and sporting events in particular in the future. Sporting events contribute to climate change by causing greenhouse gas emissions, particularly through the traffic associated with them, while they are also affected by the phenomenon.
TARGETS AND SUB-TARGETS
- In the course of planning the sporting event, an integrated climate protection concept is drawn up that analyses potential savings and proposes measures.
- A carbon footprint is calculated and published.
- Greenhouse gas emissions are reduced by X percent compared to the previous sporting event or season.
- All relevant stakeholders (e.g. organisation team, athletes, visitors) are made aware of climate protection and motivated to adopt climate-friendly behaviour (e.g. travel by public transport, carpooling, use of reusable crockery).
FURTHER TARGETS
Action areas serve to divide up the complex topic of sustainability for operationalisation. However, there are many overlaps between the action areas. For example, although the following targets belong to the topic area of energy and climate, they are dealt with in detail in other action areas.
Increase travel to and from work using environmentally friendly means of transport. → Click here to discover the Traffic action area
Reduce greenhouse gas emissions from logistics transport as far as possible. → Click here to discover the Traffic action area
Select sports facilities and infrastructure with sustainability standards in mind. → Click here to discover the Sports Venues and Infrastructure action area
Minimise greenhouse gas emissions in catering. → Click here to discover the Catering action area
Minimise environmental and climate-related health risks for all relevant stakeholders (e.g. organisation team, athletes, visitors). → Click here to discover the Health and Well-being action area
LINKED SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
The Energy and Climate action area addresses the following sustainable development goals from the United Nations 2030 Agenda.
