Final round of EURO 2024 climate fund takes overall investment to €7.925 million and 225 clubs
Monday, January 20, 2025
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Amateur clubs across Germany have received an extra pot of funding for sustainable infrastructure after the calculation of the tournament’s carbon footprint was finalised.
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Originally, and despite the implementation of several reduction measures, the initial climate fund amount of €7m was based on an ex-ante carbon footprint analysis which projected a minimum of 280,000 tonnes of CO2e emissions for UEFA EURO 2024, including spectator travel.
UEFA's final calculations indicated a tournament carbon footprint of 316,912 tonnes of CO2e, including spectator travel. As part of our commitment to take responsibility for the tournament’s final carbon footprint, the amount made available through the climate fund was increased in accordance with the latest calculations.
More than 200 clubs
As a result, a further 35 amateur clubs across Germany have shared €925,000 in the fourth and final funding round of the EURO 2024 climate fund.
These grants were awarded to clubs committed to making their infrastructure more sustainable, with 30 focusing on renewable energy and energy efficiency, three on smart mobility and two on sustainable irrigation.
In total, 225 clubs have now benefitted from the first-of-its-kind climate fund, which has distributed €7.925 million, leaving a lasting environmental legacy in the host country.
Overall, 184 projects were focused on sustainable energy, 20 on water and irrigation, nine on waste and 12 on mobility.
Model for sustainable events
The climate fund was a central pillar of the UEFA EURO 2024 ESG strategy, which aimed to make EURO 2024 a model for sustainable events and a driving force for sustainable development in Germany and Europe. It resulted in a total strategic investment of €30.6 million and enabled UEFA to implement over 120 sustainability actions, achieving 95% of its pre-tournament targets.
The climate fund's supervisory committee included Martin Kallen (UEFA Events SA CEO), Juliane Seifert (German Ministry of the Interior and Community), Heike Ullrich (German FA general secretary), Michele Uva (UEFA sustainability director) and Lindita Xhaferi-Salihu (UNFCCC).