International Day of Sport for Development and Peace

  The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) , Division for Inclusive Social Development (DISD), having the substantive mandate globally on sport for development and peace  is organizing the second Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue on  The Role of Sport in Addressing Inequalities in Times of Crisis and Recovery. The outcome of the Dialogue will help shape the content and recommendations of this year’s Secretary General Report on Sport for Development and Peace to be submitted to the UN General Assembly in Sept, in keeping with the request of Member States. This year the Dialogue will capture the contributions of sport over the span of the COVID-19 pandemic and analyze the potential for sport to serve a catalytic role in countries’ efforts to build back better. The Dialogue will bring together stakeholders from diverse sectors together to share new research and good practices and to identify challenges, opportunities , ...

  In celebration of the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace 2022 , join for a virtual event entitled “The Role of Sport in Combating the Climate Change,” on April 6th hosted by UN Under-Secretary-General Melissa Fleming, featuring remarks from high-level UN Officials and signatories of UN Climate Action frameworks Nike, World Rugby, and Team Malizia, as well as an Olympians, Paralympian and the 2022 Qatar World Cup organizing committee moderated by NBC correspondent Tabitha Lipkin. The Role of Sport in Combating the Climate Change - Event is hosted by United Nations Under-Secretary-General for the Department of Global Communications, with remarks by the UN Deputy Secretary-General, the UNFCCC Sport for Climate Action Lead, and Nike’s Senior Director of Global Engagement for Sustainability. Also included are conversations with Olympic and Paralympic athletes, an elite yachtsman, and representatives of major global sporting groups - including both the Chief S...

Sport is in a unique position to display leadership, to take responsibility for its carbon footprint, engage in a climate neutral journey, incentivize action beyond the sporting sector, and play a major role in amplifying awareness among its billions of spectators, facilitators and participants at all levels. With the need for urgent action growing more dire every day, the relationship between sport and climate must be better understood and ways of developing policies and taking concrete action to help reverse the impact of climate change through sport must be communicated to as wide an audience as possible. FORUM:   International Day of Sport for Development and Peace 2022 “ The Role of Sport in Combating Climate Change ”, Under this global theme, UN Headquarters in New York will recognize the role of sport in addressing the climate crisis and will highlight actions to lower greenhouse gas emissions and mitigate against climate change. Join us on 6 April 2022 at 9:30am EDT on the...