#FIH joins #UN #Sports for Climate Action #Framework
Lausanne, #Switzerland (MNP) As a further major step of its Sustainability Strategy launched in November last year, the International #Hockey Federation (#FIH) is delighted to announce that it has joined the #UN Framework Convention for #ClimateChange (#UNFCCC) ‘Sports for Climate Action #Framework’.
FIH’s #commitment was signed yesterday by FIH President Tayyab Ikram, in attendance of IOC President Thomas Bach, at the IOC Olympic House in Lausanne, where the FIH Executive Board (EB) was holding its second session of the year.
By joining the Sports for Climate Action Framework, organizations commit to supporting its overarching mission to help drive the sports sector to net-zero emissions by mid-century, in line with a 1.5°C pathway. Organizations also commit to the Framework’s various principles and values related to collaboration, education and advocacy for climate action.
Recognizing the critical need for all stakeholders around the globe to help implement the Paris Agreement and to accelerate the transformative change needed to reach greenhouse gas emission neutrality (i.e. climate neutrality) in the second half of the twenty-first century, FIH supports the vision outlined in the UNFCCC Sports for Climate Action Framework.
FIH President Tayyab Ikram said: “As an organisation that firmly believes in the power of sport to act as a catalyst for positive change in society, FIH fully supports the principles enshrined in the UN Sports for Climate Action Framework. We are determined to make a difference to protect the environment and enhance the climate action agenda amongst all hockey stakeholders. This has become a core business for sports, and for hockey in particular.”
