Green Goals in 2010!

7 January 2009, Cape Town (South Africa). Cape Town wants to score green goals in 2010! A comprehensive action plan will make the Host City of the 2010 FIFA World Cup as green as possible. Following the examples of the 2006 World Cup hosted by Germany and more recently the Olympic Games in China, Cape Town is keen on showing its strong commitment to reduce international events’ impact on the environment. What better occasion than the biggest soccer competition in the world?

The Green Goal programme is a thorough action plan with nine target areas and a whole range of specific measures which will seek to draw sustainability and environmental protection to the attention of a vast public. Among these:

• Energy-efficient technologies in stadiums and training venues, at fan parks, PVAs and other facilities;
• Operational waste minimisation in the stadium, fan parks, PVAs and training venues;
• Biodiversity showcase garden at Green Point Urban Park;
• City beautification and tree planting campaign.

The action plan strengthens the commitment the city has undertaken by partnering with Countdown 2010 (see pag. 7 of Cape Town newsletter) and becoming a LAB pioneer of the Durban commitment. It also enhances other actions for biodiversity conservation taken at local level. The recently published newsletter provides a comprehensive overview of the numerous activities.

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See Cape Town’s page on Countdown 2010 website