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2008 Global Forum for Sport and
Environment (G-ForSE)
Alicante, Spain
4 - 6 October 2008The

The United Nations Environment Programme in collaboration with the Global Sports Alliance of Japan and Volvo will be hosting the 2008 Global Forum for Sport and Environment (G-ForSE) in Alicante, Spain from 4 to 6 October 2008. The Forum, whose theme is - Climate Change: Changing our Carbon Footprint – will address the connection between sport and climate change and to review actions by sport organizations to reduce their carbon footprints. The Forum will be held in conjunction with the launch of the Volvo Ocean Race. The 200 participants of the Forum will come from sports organizations and federations, sports personalities, the International Olympic Committee, manufacturers of sporting goods, United Nations agencies, NGOs and government representatives.

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	G-ForSE 2008 Agenda
	List of participants
	Information on the meeting venues
	Global Forum for Sport and Environment 2008 Flyer download flyer
	Previous Global Forum for Sport and Environment Report
	UNEP and the 2008 Beijing Olympics

Draft Declaration - UNite to Combat Climate Change
Climate Change represents one of the greatest challenges that mankind has ever faced . According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, we need to stabilize CO2 emissions in less than 8 years. However, we are further away from that than we have ever been before. ........ download the draft declaration »
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Memorandum of Cooperation between FIM and UNEP
The Memorandum of Cooperation between the FIM and the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) signed in December 2006, was extended for two more years last Sunday at the Congress Center in Alicante (Spain), during the Global Forum for Sport and Environment . download full press release »

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Multimedia >>

Presentations

Videos

Speaker: Mr. Ken Baker, Consulting Director, Environmental Sustainability, Vancouver Organizing Committee
Topic: Vancouver 2010 Games and Public Engagement. download (zip -2.83MB) »

Speaker: Mr. Lo Sze Ping, Greenpeace Campaign Director, China
Topic: China After the Olympics: Lessons from Beijing. download (zip - 572KB) »

Speaker: Ms. Jenitha Badul, Director, Greening FIFA 2010 World Cup, Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, South Africa
Topic: South Africa 2010. download (zip - 453MB) »

More Presentations »

	Sports & Environment [English]
	Volvo Ocean Race [English]
	Ken Noguchi [English]
	Sports and Climate Change Curtain Raiser - Download »


The G-ForSE Poster Competition 2008
The Winner : Name: 6D Estúdio Country: Brazil Read profile »
	Click here to view the poster competition