Karim Abu-Omar’s keynote presentation ‘Grassroots sport and planetary health – healthy people on a sick planet?’ led the way for a full day of conversations around sustainability in sport at the MOVE Congress 2023 on 16 November, which continued through a dynamic panel with leaders in the sector and a hands-on workshop to practice what was learned. The world is facing a climate crisis of great dimensions, but there are still great tools at hand to tackle it, and grassroots sport could be one of the most powerful.
“Let’s have a look at our planet!” With that invite, Karim Abu-Omar, lecturer at the Department of Sports Science and Sport at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), opened his presentation, walking the audience through staggering data about the current state of the global climate crisis. From record-setting temperatures to peak carbon emissions, Abu-Omar stressed that evidence shows that the situation asks for urgent action, and sport plays a crucial part in it.
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