{"id":4663,"date":"2023-12-09T20:27:18","date_gmt":"2023-12-09T20:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/?p=4663"},"modified":"2023-12-31T09:50:27","modified_gmt":"2023-12-31T09:50:27","slug":"presenting-the-ball-at-cop-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/blog\/2023\/12\/09\/presenting-the-ball-at-cop-28\/","title":{"rendered":"COP28 Diary 3: Presenting The Ball at the Extreme Hangout"},"content":{"rendered":"

Read here how The Ball was presented at the COP28 Extreme Hangout and met climate activists as well as footballer Jordan Henderson and musician Matt Sorum.<\/em><\/p>\n

Spirit of Football was able to present The Ball and its stories at the Extreme Hangout<\/a> during COP 28 in Dubai. The Extreme Hangout area in the Green Zone featured leaders from environmental organizations, businesses and initiatives connecting, learning and teaching about climate action efforts. The Ball was presented during a story telling talk as well as during a sports X climate action panel.<\/p>\n

The panel was curated by the IUCN<\/a> and featured amongst our Spirit of Football representative Iris and sustainability expert Charles Perry, who moderated the panel, Steve Carter, co-founder of U Can Grow Earth<\/a>, Izy Rekiel from Extreme E, Amber Nuttall, the founder of Extreme Hangout and Susanne Pedersen from the IUCN.
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Our colleagues from the IUCN curated this panel and invited the speakers to share their expertise on how sport can contribute to Climate Action. Iris talked, for example, about what role could and should football play in the climate crisis. And what about famous footballers? How can we use sport to raise awareness about climate change and inspire climate action?<\/p>\n

Watch the panel discussion here:<\/p>\n