World Athletics, the FA, and Liverpool FC back sport's first climate impact playbook

Stuart Stone
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Some of the world's biggest sports clubs, leagues, and federations are backing a new approach for measuring and reducing carbon emissions

World Athletics, Liverpool Football Club, LIV Golf, Cricket Australia, and the Football Association (FA), have today backed a landmark new approach to measuring and reducing carbon emissions, dubbed sport's...

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