![]() Internationally, many football clubs are showing more leadership in the fight against climate change something on which the Australian football clubs are not taking much initiative. Similarly, climate change, carbon emissions or environmental sustainability do not appear in the FA’s 2020 Annual Review and, although some of the State football federations have installed solar photovoltaics (PV) on some of their buildings, there is a lack of any coherent plan to make the sport more sustainable. In January 2020, Football Australia (FA) convened a National Bushfires Working Group with a focus on raising money for first responders and to rebuild communities, but no mention was made about how climate change had a crucial role to play in the bushfire devastation. ![]() ![]() Research conducted by the Australian Conservation Foundation, University of New South Wales School’s Photovoltaic & Renewable Energy Engineering (SPREE) and the Australian PV Institute (APVI) shows there is a key role for the Australian Football League (AFL), cricket and football clubs, associations and national governing organizations to play in mitigating the impacts of climate change in Australia.
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