The idea of the Danish Pedersen: donations to entities active in ecological initiatives in proportion to the C02 emitted for transfers to the world championship event
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Filippomricci
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Female soccer players in the fight against climate change. There are currently 44, but the initiative has just started and it is hoped that it will attract and involve many more female players about to participate in the Women’s World Cup scheduled from 20 July to 20 August between Australia and New Zealand.
the awareness
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Distant nations, with the participating teams forced to long and polluting flights. From there came the idea of Sofie Junge Pedersen, the Danish international who has just moved from Juventus to Inter and has long been involved in social and environmental issues. Pedersen wanted to do something to make her colleagues aware of the issue of CO2 emissions linked to the transfers of the 32 teams en route to the World Cup and she relied on two very sensitive institutions in this area such as Common Goal and Football for Future, launching the first great awareness campaign started from the world of football in the environmental field.
the calculation
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Specifically, the players who join the initiative can choose to make a donation either to the WWF in Australia or New Zealand or to the DanChurchAid organization engaged in a reforestation project in Uganda. The donations are calculated on the basis of the amount of CO2 emitted by the various players in participating in the World Cup: the calculations state that each passenger produces emissions equal to 285 grams of CO2 for each kilometer flown. The US government has estimated the ‘social’ cost of air flights at 51 dollars per ton, and the donations of female soccer players are based on these figures.
the message of the line
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Among the promoters of the initiative launched by Pedersen there is also the blue Elena Linari, one of the two girls from the Italian national team taking part in the project, hoping that others will join in the next few days: “The fact that launching and leading this idea being a footballer is a source of inspiration for me – said the Roma centre-back -. Like all my colleagues, I am focused on trying to give my best at the World Cup, but I also want to recognize and underline that football has an impact on the planet, and above all, I want to do something concrete in this area. This is why I want to share with people the thought that even a ‘little’ help is important for safeguarding our planet. Together we can change the world.”
the biggest challenge
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And Sofia Junge Pedersen: “I want to do everything so that my experience in this World Championship brings something positive in the environmental sphere. Climate change is the greatest challenge facing humanity and I want to be part of the solution. As there are currently no sustainable options to air travel as players we want to lead by example and take a tangible step in the right direction.”
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