Olympic sporting calendar likely to be "re-engineered" due to climate breakdown. - Sebastian Coe But what if - instead of pointing at the fire and moving out of harm's way - elite sport actually tried to help put it out? 🤨 🧵 1/6

🚨 Campaign win! 🎉 Historic moment in New Zealand as Greater Wellington council says no to fossil fuel ads. 👏 The ban not only rules out ads from fossil fuel giants, but also fossil fuelled vehicles and packaging that harms the environment. Full story. 👇

On Sunday, Spain’s iconic cycling race La Vuelta was cut short as thousands took to the streets to protest the involvement of an Israel-sponsored team. 🧵 www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cyclin...

Over the past weekend, the World Athletics Championships have been disrupted by extreme weather. Athletes have battled severe conditions while the tournament continues to work with the polluting industries responsible. 🧵

A new report by Football for Future and Common Goal examines the impacts of rising global temperatures and severe weather events on international football. Here’s what you need to know. 🧵 1/7 @commongoalorg.bsky.social Full analysis.👇

1/3 Jasmin Paris has signed the Fossil Free Declaration, joining Damian Hall, Innes Fitzgerald, Izzy Petter, Tessel Middag, and more in calling for sport free from fossil fuel sponsorship. #FossilFreeSport #TheGreenRunners #ClimateAction @cooldownnetwork.bsky.social

Jasmin Paris is one of the most celebrated ultrarunners of her generation - first woman to complete the Barkley Marathons, record-breaker, and co-founder of The Green Runners. 🧵 Full interview. 👇

Global advertising giant IPG is accused of violating its own climate pledge by rebranding the world’s largest oil company, Aramco. 🏭 Here's why this exclusive story matters. 🧵 1/8

Spanish national football league La Liga and its female counterpart, Liga F, have named Volkswagen as a sponsor. In the wake of deadly wildfires across Spain, a deal with a major fossil fuelled car company amounts to pouring petrol on the flames. 🧵 1/7 Story: insidersport.com/2025/08/05/w...

Can sport stay cool in a warming world? Summer brings with it heat, humidity and drought, arriving earlier and earlier each year. And sport is far from immune to these impacts ⚽️🧵 www.cooldownclimate.org/latest/sport...

In a new piece for Cycling Weekly, former ITV broadcaster Matt Rendell calls out sportswashing in cycling and points fans towards the Fossil Free Declaration. 👏 Sign the declaration 👉 www.cooldownclimate.org/the-fossil-f... @cyclingweekly.com

A new UK Government–commissioned report warns climate breakdown is wreaking havoc on community sport – forcing clubs to close, making sport less accessible, and even wiping some sports out completely. Here’s what you need to know. 🧵 1/7 Full analysis. 👇

The Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025 kicked off last week - with high-carbon sponsors front and centre. This year the tournament is attracting polluters who see it as a chance to use the values of the sport to greenwash their activities. 🏉 🧵 1/8

🚨Sportswashing alert! 🚨 Tomorrow, the Vuelta a España begins in the aftermath of a deadly heatwave. Yet, this year's race will promote the petrostates and fossil fuel companies profiting from climate breakdown. 🧵 1/6

📢 Sporting Change - can football be a force for good? In an interview with Cool Down, Professor Vasilis Kostakis talks about the game beautiful game as both a mirror of today’s crises and a lab for alternatives. Vasilis's new book 👉https://plutobooks.com/9780745351216/beyond-the-final-whistle/

🚨Sportswashing alert! Emirates have signed a deal with FC Bayern Munich, adding to their sportswashing across European football. Here's why a petrostate-owned airline would want to sponsor an elite European club. 🧵 1/7

🚨 Out today: "The Starmer Symptom" In a book documenting the precarious rise of Kier Starmer's Labour party, Badvertising's Andrew Simms outlines an alternative to the dead end of growth politics. Here's an overview of the chapter. 🧵 1/6 @andrewsimms.bsky.social @labourlewis.bsky.social

The aviation industry is one of the world's most polluting industries. Despite this, the industry has repeatedly presented "sustainable" aviation fuels (SAFs) as the solution. New research reveals just how many of these projects are failing. 🧵 1/5

Last week’s heatwave devastated Southern Europe, costing lives and livelihoods. Sport wasn’t spared - with Marbella F.C.’s home pitch destroyed by wildfire. Here's how heatwaves are making sport unfeasible in climate-vulnerable regions. 🧵 1/6 www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2...

🚨𝗦𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀𝘄𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘁! Mathieu van der Poel has signed a sponsorship deal with Dutch private jet firm Flying Group. This disappointing choice sadly reflects cycling’s wider sportswashing problem. 🧵 1/6

🏏 Cricket is one of the world's most climate-vulnerable sports. In a new report, BASIS reveal the already dangerous levels of heat and pollution in India, the nation with the greatest love for the game. 🧵 1/8 Full report. 👇 basis.org.uk/resource/hit...

Why does climate action matter to you? This is a great question. Take a read of the article and associated questionnaire. An ideal opportunity to take action aligned with our #HowWeSpeakOut pillar. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Last week, Suleiman al-Obeid - known as "Palestinian Pele" - was killed by Israeli forces while waiting for humanitarian aid. Yet UEFA has so far refused to acknowledge al-Obeid's death as the consequence of Israel's genocide. Here's why. 🧵 1/9

🚨 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗹 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 Earlier this week, we launched the Fossil Free Declaration - a sustainable sponsorship initiative for athletes and sports organisations. Here's what it's all about. 🧵 1/9

New CAST Briefing: “Denial and delay in UK advertising: The role of the trade bodies in #ClimateInaction”, authored by Dr Viki Harvey. 📣 Read the briefing: cast.ac.uk/wp-content/u... Key messages thread 🧵

𝗔𝘁𝗵𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗿𝗴𝘀 - show climate leadership by joining the Fossil Free Declaration. ✍️ 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗮𝗻𝘀 - tag your favourite athletes & teams to encourage them to join. 📢 Polluting sponsors are everywhere in sport - let's change that. 👇

🚨 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲: 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗹 𝗳𝘂𝗲𝗹 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀 Football campaigners Peter Crisp and Rosa Simanowitz highlight the reputational risk of being associated with polluting profiteer, Chase. 🧵 1/6

🧐 𝗙𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗹 𝗳𝘂𝗲𝗹 𝗴𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗦𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗹'𝘀 𝗣𝗥 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗺 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗖𝗢𝗣𝟯𝟬. In a bizarre choice by the United Nations, one of the world's most notorious greenwashing agencies will be working on COP30. 🧵 1/7

🚨 𝗔 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 Andrew Simms of Badvertising breaks down a major ruling by the International Court of Justice for the Ecologist. Here's why the ICJ ruling marks a turning point for climate action. 🧵 1/8

🚨 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗽𝗶𝗲𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀𝘄𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗱𝗲 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲. TotalEnergies, one of the world's largest fossil fuel companies, is a major sponsor of cycling's crowning event. Here's what they don't want you to know. 🧵 1/9

Qatar confirms that it aims to host the 2036 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Authoritarian petrostates hosting the world's crowning sporting events is becoming sadly normalised. 🧵 1/4

🚨 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗜𝗧𝗩 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗼𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗘𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗱𝗲 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 The French fossil fuel giant has a huge presence at this year's race. But behind the logos that adorn jerseys and banners is a community fighting to survive on the climate frontlines. Full report: www.itv.com/watch/tour-d...

🚨𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲! France is cracking down on ads from ultra-fast fashion giants. 🎉 The new law is not flawless - but it’s a huge step in holding the ad industry accountable for fuelling the polluter economy. 📺💨

🚨 Top Foreign Office job given to fossil fuel advertiser, Karen Blackett. Until recently, Blackett was UK President of WPP - "the world’s leading spin doctor for planetary death." Find out about our OECD complaint against WPP 👉 badverts.org/wpp

⏪ Last week marked a historic moment in the campaign against fossil fuel advertising and sponsorship. UK Parliament debated the issue for the very first time. Here's what went down. 🧵 1/10 Full story. 👇

This week we revealed FIFA Men's World Cup 2026 is set to be the most polluting finals ever - catch up with how the BBC reported it here 👇 and see 🧵 for the background... @responsiblesci.bsky.social @cooldownnetwork.bsky.social @envdefensefund.bsky.social www.bbc.com/sport/footba...

⚽️ The Guardian recently learned that Qatar is considering a ‘carbon neutral’ 2029 Club World Cup bid... Here’s why that’s unlikely. www.theguardian.com/football/202...

The 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup will be sponsored by Aramco, the world’s largest oil company, and is expected to have nearly twice the climate impact of previous world cups, at a time when we urgently need to be reducing emissions. 
It's time to show FIFA the red card. 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

BREAKING: The 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup is set to be the most climate-damaging in history, according to new research from @cooldownnetwork.bsky.social , @responsiblesci.bsky.social, @envdefensefund.bsky.social and the New Weather Institute. Here’s what you need to know. 👇

Live from Parliament: Great to see @carladenyer.bsky.social quote our research on the links between outdoor advertising and inequality, and calling for national interventions on harmful advertising including gambling ads, given local councils' limited powers to address the harms

We're live from the Parliament debate on fossil fuel ads: it's good to see @simonforstroud.bsky.social stating that “Fossil Fuel advertising isn’t just misleading, it’s dangerous", and that reducing advertising works to reduce consumption. We hope other members take this on board.

We're gearing up for the big Parliamentary debate on a fossil ad ban. We spot that the ad self-regulator, the ASA, has chosen this moment to "reassure" the public about advertising. 😏 But worth noting a fossil fuel ad & sponsor ban is the tobacco control for 21st century &...

Today, MPs are debating a historic proposal: a UK-wide ban on fossil fuel advertising - just like the tobacco ban of 2003. It would be a major step forward in protecting public health and climate. But why is it needed? Here’s the story. 🧵 1/13

🚨 𝗛𝗨𝗚𝗘: 1,000 letters to MPs in less than a week! Monday marks the first time that Parliament has ever debated a fossil fuel advertising ban. Let's keep up the pressure. 💪 Ask your MP to attend Monday's debate with our template (it takes just 2 mins). 👇

🚨 𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘: Now ad agencies worth over £900 million(!) are calling for a fossil fuel ad ban. Next Monday's Parliamentary debate marks a historic moment for the campaign. 📧 Ask your MP to attend with our template (it takes just 2 mins!): actionnetwork.org/letters/urge...

𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚: Over 100 UK ad agencies – worth more than £100 million – have called on MPs to support a ban on fossil fuel advertising and sponsorship at next Monday's Parliamentary debate. Here's what's happening. 🧵 1/10 Full story on Badvertising. 👇

🚨 𝗨𝗥𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗧: On Mon 7 July, MPs will debate a ban on fossil fuel ads and sponsorship. This is a pivotal moment for the UK to tackle Big Oil like it did Big Tobacco. ✉️ Ask your MP to show up. It takes just 2 mins. 👉 Use our email template tool: actionnetwork.org/letters/urge...

🚨 BREAKING: Qatar wants to host the 2029 Club World Cup. Winter tournament. Carbon neutral. Sound familiar? That's because we’ve heard this pitch before in the run up to the disastrous 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Here's what the media aren't saying. 🧵 1/9