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Sporting Events Rally Behind the Climate Neutral Call
Nairobi, 11 February 2009 - It used to be “Swifter, Higher, Stronger” but in the future the Olympic motto may well include “lower” at least as it relates to carbon and curbing climate change.[English] |
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Green Score Card for Winter Olympics
Lausanne/Nairobi, 30 November 2006 --Close to 70 per cent of the greenhouse gas emissions generated by the 2006 Winter Olympics have been offset, an international conference will hear today. [English] |
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Green Transport Plan for 2010 Jo'burg FIFA World Cup
Cape Town/Washington, DC, 28 August 2006 - An ambitious plan to boost public transport in the run up to the 2010 FIFA World Cup is to get a helping hand from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the United Nations it was announced today. [English] |
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London 2012’s One Planet Olympics Policy Approved
20 July 2006 - World Environment Experts Support London 2012 Olympic Policy for Sustainable Games [English]
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Environment Among 2006 FIFA World Cup Winners
Berlin/Nairobi, 3 July 2006 - A pioneering initiative to make the 2006 FIFA World Cup not only entertaining but environmentally-friendly [English]
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Green Goal kicks off
Kick-off for environmentally friendly World Cup [English]
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Lessons Learned from the Winter Olympics
Nairobi, 1 March 2006 - Better Use of City Centres and Recycling of Sports Infrastructure Point Way to Even ‘Greener’ Olympic Games [English]
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Winter Olympics Get Green Seal of Approval
Nairobi/Torino, 8 February 2006 – As sportsmen and women from around the world gear up to compete in this year's Winter Olympics in Torino, behind the scenes environmentalists are applauding the green credentials of the Games. [English] Click here for more about UNEP and TOROC.
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2nd Magglingen Conference on Sport and Development: International Highpoint in the Year of Sport
Around 400 personalities from 60 countries including high-ranking decision makers and top athletes are expected in Switzerland from 4 to 6 December for the 2 nd Magglingen Conference on Sport and Development. The event marks the culmination and end of the International Year of Sport and Physical Education 2005. More>
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UNEP and Beijing Sign Green Games Agreement ( 18 November 2005 ) -
An agreement aimed a making the summer Olympics of 2008 environmentally-friendly was signed today signed by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games (BOCOG).
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Nairobi Declaration on Sport, Peace and Environment (Nairobi, 11 November 2005) - The 6th World Conference on Sport and Environment - Sport, Peace and Environment closes in Nairobi with the adoption of the Nairobi Declaration on Sport, Peace and Environment.
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Greening Olympics Reaches New Peak at the 2006 Winter Games in Italy (Nairobi/Lausanne, 9 November 2005)
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Media Advisory. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will host the 6th World Conference on Sport and Environment at UNEP Headquarters in Gigiri, 9 – 11 November 2005.
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Green Games under Tower Bridge
Nairobi, 7 July 2005 - UNEP Congratulates London, Olympic Host City 2012, and All the Bidders for their Environmental Commitments [English]
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UNEP
and ATHOC help to kick the butts out of the Olympics (14 August 2004) |
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Torch-bearer for the UN at the 2004 Olympics (12 August 2004) |
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Athens
Olympics Kick off with a View to Greening the Games (10 August 2004) |
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Agreement
to boost environmental awareness at Summer Olympics signed by UNEP and
Athens (2 June 2004) |
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ski resorts heading downhill as a result of global warming (2 Dec 2003)
V World Conference on Sport and the Environment in Turin 2 to 3 December |
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Sports
men and women call for action on air pollution and urge more eco-friendly
sports equipment (13 Nov 2003)
Global Forum for Sports and the Environment Meets in Tokyo |
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Closing remarks by UNEP Deputy Executive Director at the 6th World Conference on Sport and Environment
Sport, Peace and Environment
(Nairobi, 11 November 2005 )
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Sport and Environmental Awareness - Where do we go from here?
Presentation by Theodore Oben Head, UNEP Sport and Environment Unit at the VI World Conference on Sport and Environment - Sport, Peace and Environment
(Nairobi, 11 November 2005 )
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Welcoming remarks by Klaus Toepfer - UNEP Executive Director - to the VI World Conference on Sport and Environment (Nairobi, 9 November 2005)
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Remarks by the Vice-President and Minister for Home Affairs, H.E. Hon. Dr. Moody Awori, E.G.H., M.P.at the World Conference on Sport and the Environment (Nairobi, 9 November 2005)
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Speech by Dr Pal Schmitt Chairman of the IOC Sport and Environment Commission (Nairobi, 9 November 2005)
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"Contribution of Sport to Peace and Sustainable Development" by Eric Falt, UNEP Director of Communications and Public Information (Nairobi, 10 November 2005)
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UNEP,
Sport and the Environment - Presentation by Mr. Eric Falt, UNEP Director
of Communications and Public Information, at the National Olympic Committee
of Tunisia Symposium on Sport and Environment (Gammarth, Tunisia, 16 April 2005)
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Sport
supporting environmental sustainability: UNEP’s global programme
- Presentation by Mr. Klaus Toepfer, Executive Director of the United
Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 5th World Conference on Sport and
Environment, Turin, Italy 2 Dec 2003
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Message
by the Executive Director of UNEP, Mr. Klaus Toepfer, for the 5th
World Conference on Sport and Environment
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Sports
celebrities and environmental advocacy by Eric Falt - Spokesperson/Director
of Communications, UNEP - Turin, Italy 3 Dec 2003 |
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