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Original Post Date: 2008-04-20 Time: 00:00:00 Posted By: Jan
[Let’s see. We don’t have a soccer team – now that our super-highly paid Brazilian coach made a run for his life from the clowns! Jan]
The Norwegian government will help the City of Johannesburg ensure it has a “green 2010 Soccer World Cup”.
This was announced on Thursday by Norwegian Prime Minister, Jens Stoltenberg, at Soccer City in Johannesburg, the venue for both the opening ceremony and the final match of the tournament.
Norway will finance a feasibility study for a comprehensive carbon offset project and also donate R1,2-million to tree planting in Johannesburg.
The city’s executive director for the 2010 World Cup, Sibongile Mazibuko, said: “2010 will attract large numbers of visitors to our city. An increase in travel – both by air and road – and the rising levels of energy consumption will have an impact on Johannesburg’s carbon footprint.
| ‘Our intention is to build partnerships’ |
“Through innovation and creative planning we can introduce carbon offset measures (like planting trees) to mitigate the impact of the event on our environment.
“Norway has been among the global leaders in research in this field and we welcome their contribution to this initiative.”
Norwegian Ambassador, Tor Christian Hildan, said the embassy had held meetings with the South African department of environmental affairs and tourism to explore initiatives to make the World Cup as environmentally-friendly as possible.
“Our intention is to build partnerships and contribute to the goal of scoring ‘green’ in 2010,” said Hildan.
“A decision was taken that the most relevant area of support would be carbon offsetting of the event to ensure that the ‘carbon footprint’ of 2010 is as low as possible.”
The Norwegian government has committed about
R750 000 for a feasibility study of a carbon offsetting programme.
Norwegian institutions will work together with the Department of Environment Affairs and Tourism, the United Nations Development Programme and local institutions on a study of measures that can be taken to reduce the carbon footprint from the 2010 event.
The Norwegian government also indicated it was willing to commit additional funds to implement measures that mitigate the carbon footprint of 2010.
“Working with the Norwegian institutions will give us an indication of the scale of the expected impact and enable us to introduce pro-active measures to reduce the carbon footprint,” said Mazibuko. –
Source: http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?art_id=vn20080418081854839C162948