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Wanting to unite ⚽️#football and 🌻#nature, the Football Association of Wales launches Cymru Football #Biodiversity Partnership as its new formation with Royal Society For The Protection Of Birds, National Trust, WWF-UK, Size of Wales I Maint Cymru, Keep Wales Tidy and Wildlife Trusts Wales. Read more about the initiative here: bit.ly/46aoJbE

Under the lead of Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, the #ACCESS2CC project publishes a paper on sustainable #accommodation as a choice for sport tourists. Read the summary and see the full paper here: bit.ly/3xOHO6D

With their latest #ACCESS2CC Action plan, FC Porto prove and reinforce their commitments to sound environmental management with its partners Lipor, Câmara Municipal do Porto with its Porto Climate Pact, and AdEPorto - Agência de Energia do Porto. See what's in the Action Plan here: bit.ly/4cANMXo

Mobility and reusable plastic reinforcement in the focus of Dansk Boldspil-Union (DBU)'s #ACCESS2CC Action Plan with the participation of Danmarks Idrætsforbund (DIF), Carlsberg Group Denmark, Brøndby Kommune, Behave Green, and DanskHåndbold among others. Read more about the plan here: bit.ly/3KTNizD

Thanks to Annamaria Pesci of Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, circular city concepts from the #sports point of view were highlighted at the 7th International Conference on Business, Management and Finance organised by Acavent at Møller Institute at of Churchill College, University of Cambridge. Read what the study was about: bit.ly/4cgShGr

The #ACCESS2CC Action Plan put forward by Football Association of Wales promises better matchday mobility with Transport for Wales, better waste management, prevention and recycling at FAW's #DragonPark and #ColliersPark, as well as their HQ and continuous awareness raising among supporters. Read more about what is yet to come: bit.ly/45nPPLV

On behalf of the #ACCESS2CC partner Dansk Boldspil-Union (DBU), Anders Kjær spoke at Denmark's biggest sport event Idrætsmødet in Aarhus, as a panellist facilitated by Aalborg Kommune. Read what he said: bit.ly/45iYPC7

All aboard🚲🚊🚐! Sustainable mobility for Dublin as the focus of GAA #ACCESS2CC Action Plan with Dublin City Council, Croke Park, Active Cities Dublin and Technological University Dublin and special appearances from other local stakeholders! Read more about the Plan here: bit.ly/3JMQL2F

📢 ⚽ 🏐 🏑 The new phase of the #ErasmusPlus ACCESS project is coming to Ireland, Denmark, Wales and Portugal with a focus on #Community Engagement and Outreach, led by GAA, Football Association of Wales, FC Porto and Dansk Boldspil-Union (DBU). You are a member of a professional or amateur football or GAA club and would like to join a Europe-wide momentum for greening your sports Read all you should know about it and take part: http://bit.ly/3WdViCz

If the audience's conclusion was “We need to take advantage of this momentum; there is so much power, skills and tools in this room which many sport organisations could benefit from”, imagine how great this event by GAA at Croke Park was! Big up to the participants and the organisers who made this happen! Special thanks to speakers Peter McKenna, Ernest Kovács of ACR | Association of Cities and Regions for sustainable Resource management, Seán McCabe of Bohemian Football Club, Colin O'Brien at Croke Park, Lisa Cafferky of Trinity College Dublin, as well as panellists Dr Rob Mooney of Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications, Róisín Greaney of TASC - Think-tank for Action on Social Change, Padraig Fallon of GAA, Hugh Coughlan of EMWR, Elaine Nevin of ECO-UNESCO and Louise Burke of Sport Ireland. Kudos to Jimmy D'Arcy and Míde Ní Shúilleabháin for hosting, organising and moderating the entire event! Full report with images on the Irish ACCESS #ACCESS2CC workshop here: bit.ly/4aY39bw