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WORDS BY NEAL ROMANEK
TO SCORE CLIMATE GOALS, WE NEED EVERYONE ON THE TEAM David Garrido has used his work at Sky Sports to sound the alarm on the climate emergency – and prepare fans for the big game ahead L ET’S TALK ABOUT GOOOOOOALS! The Paris Agreement is a
fans to join the team in tackling the environmental crisis. This summer, Garrido produced and hosted a podcast called Playing for the Planet, part of The Sky Sports Football Podcast. It featured talks with footballers and teams embracing a mission of sustainability and climate action. Guests included Leeds United’s Patrick Bamford, Arsenal’s Jen Beattie, AS Roma’s Chris Smalling, PSG’s Arianna Criscione and Dale Vince, chairman of Forest Green Rovers, indisputably the greenest football club in the world. “My family were always early adopters,” remembers Garrido.
legally binding international treaty on climate change, adopted by 191 parties at COP 21 in Paris, on 12 December 2015 – and it entered into force on 4 November 2016. The agreement’s stated goal is to limit global warming to well below 2°C, preferably 1.5°C, compared to pre-industrial levels. As a presenter at Sky Sports, David Garrido has watched and analysed a lot of goal attempts. He is turning his appreciable gifts for communication, analysis and enthusiasm to encouraging sports
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