Green Football Weekend returns: Help your club fight against climate change

Green Football Weekend returns and takes place across the weekend of February 2-5; the world's largest climate-football campaign mobilises fans, clubs, leagues and partners to take action on climate; the campaign will focus on the power of veg to help protect our world

Thursday 18 January 2024 08:48, UK

Sky Sports is once again backing Green Football Weekend as the world's largest climate-football campaign returns for a second year.

Across the weekend of February 2-5, clubs will take centre stage as part of Green Football Weekend,taking part in greener games to showcase their sustainability work, engaging fans in the issue and announcing new, more ambitious commitments.

The world's largest climate-football campaign mobilises fans, clubs, leagues and partners to take action on climate.

The campaign will focus on the power of veg to help protect our world; encouraging fans to try cooking a veggie meal and working with clubs and caterers to put on delicious veggie and plant-based food for matchday fans.

The future of football is at risk due to the effects of climate change, with 150,000 games already cancelled per year due to pitch flooding. By 2050, a quarter of UK football grounds will be flooded, with one in four teams expecting partial or total stadium flooding each year.

From January 18 to February 5, fans can go to greenfootballweekend.com to score green goals for their football club, by pledging to make a green switch or taking a green action. Every green goal fans score will help their club climb up the leader board to help them win the Green Football Cup.

Sarah Jacobs, Green Football Weekend director, said: «Green Football Weekend is fan action at its most powerful, and brings clubs together to take increasingly