The effects of the climate crises -extreme weather,sea level rise,flooding and fires are affecting schedules of global sporting events.AFCON 2023 is no exception. Africa,home to some of the poorest nations in the world,is among the places that are going to be worst affected as the crisis unfolds. The fact that AFCON 2023 is being sponsored by an Oil Company is yet another example of the dominance of the petrochemical industry and their beady eyed focus on short term profits. Long term disasters are a consequence they turn blind eyes to.
UN efforts to get big names in sports sign on to green alternatives are good – but perhaps too little and too late.
Here’s an EPL initiative.