Nirvana Net Zero Project Promoted on the Global Stage

The third Football for the Goals members’ meeting convened on the 23rd January 2024 and was a chance to hear from the United Nation's FFTG leadership as they updated on the initiative’s progress and strategy for 2024. The Football For the Goals membership now spans across more than 265 organisations from 86 countries around the world.

The work that Leicester Nirvana has been doing was able to form part of an update that Dr Mark Charlton from De Montfort University (DMU) delivered to United Nations Regional Directors from across the world, including from Delhi, Buenos Aires, Western Europe, Geneva, Mexico City, Nairobi, Rabat and Pretoria.

Among many things, Dr Charlton explained how Leicester Nirvana were the integral instigator of a partnership between DMU, Leicester Nirvana and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Hub, which very soon grew to include SG.Eintracht.Peitz, from Cottbus, Berlin in Germany.

The update continued to mention an exchange networking visit to Germany to connect and meet with FC Internationale Berlin 1980 e. v. and SG.Eintracht.Peitz to discuss the development of an SDG framework for football, particularly those at a grassroots level..

Ivan Liburd, Leicester Nirvana’s SDG Champion said, “The work we are doing around net zero is so important and the support we have had from DMU has been amazing. Football in general must catch up in their practices and move into a space where they can really support grassroots communities to achieve capital interventions for a more sustainable future.

“Nirvana are excited to work with work with partner clubs in Germany to build and develop projects that many others will benefit from.”