Sport and recreation and the environment are intrinsically linked.
Our natural and built environment provides the places and spaces for people to be active - from sportsgrounds, parks, courts and swimming pools to mountains, rivers and lakes.
But to protect our sporting environments - both now and in the future - we must act to reduce our collective impact on the environment and adapt to the increasingly evident climate change happening around us.
The Sport Environment Alliance (SEA) is a not-for-profit membership organisation that provides guidance to the sports industry on how to become more environmentally aware and take action to reduce impact.
The UN Climate Change Climate Action for Sport Movement aims at supporting and guiding sports actors in achieving global climate change goals.
ACT Sport and Recreation Our carbon footprint as we move (PDF 845KB)
The ACT Government's first year action plan for CBR Next Move prioritises the need to better understand the sport and recreation sector's current carbon footprint as the base from which future progress can be measured.
Heat, Humanity and the Hockey Stick: Climate Change and Sport in Canberra (PDF 6.62MB)
This Issues Paper was developed to inform the ACT Commissioner for Sustainability and the Environment (the Commissioner) on the following matter:
How can government, industry and the community address climate change impacts in sporting settings? It focuses specifically on:
- climate change as it relates to sport and active recreation in Canberra, and
- the role of government, the sport industry, and community in climate change adaptation and mitigation.