Football for Future

💬 FAN ENGAGEMENT = CLIMATE ACTION 💬

In Session 7 of the Champions Community, we explored football’s climate superpower: fan engagement.

❤️ The beating heart of the game has always been its fans - and when players and supporters unite for something bigger than football, incredible things can happen.

⚽️ With guidance from guest speaker Katie Cross (Pledgeball), our Champions discovered how authentic engagement can build connection, participation, trust, and impact.

🥅 It’s a reminder that football’s most exciting opportunity isn’t just on the pitch - it’s in how we use the power of fan connection to create real climate impact.

🌍 When fans and players move together, football’s greatest strength becomes its greatest force for change.

FFF X NYC

Something special happened last week 💫

We hosted the only football & climate event at Climate Week NYC, launching Pitches in Peril — a new climate risk analysis ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup 🌍⚽️

From sportswear brands to grassroots orgs, FIFA host committees to sport journalists, the room was buzzing with energy, ideas, and inspiration.

Shout out to our partners with whom we feel blessed to keep breaking barriers with.

We’ve got work to do — but sometimes you gotta step back, take it in and smile 💚

Guardians of the Grassroots Game ⚽️

As part of our ‘Pitches in Peril’ campaign, we spoke to about how climate change is impacting their community in Barcelona.

Football is not immune, the time to act is now.

If your club or community has been impacted, reach out and let us know.

We’re heading to New York for Climate Week 2025 🌍⚽

After the incredible reception to Pitches in Peril, we’re taking the report to the global stage with a hard launch at Climate Week NYC, one of the most exciting climate summits, in one of the world’s most iconic cities.

📅 Tuesday, Sept 23 | 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
📍 Manhattan, New York

This event will bring together leaders from football and climate across North America to discuss climate action, with less than a year to go until the World Cup kicks off on home soil.

👉 Register via the link below or the QR code.

⚽🌍 Pitches in Peril: How Climate Change Is Threatening Football ❓

From World Cup stadiums to the grassroots pitches where legends were made, climate change is already disrupting the game, and it’s only getting worse.

A new report by Football For Future, Common Goal, and climate experts Jupiter Intelligence reveals four urgent truths:

🔥 14 of 16 venues are projected to exceed safe-play heat thresholds by 2050.

 🚫 11 could face “too hot to play” conditions.

 🌱 The grassroots pitches where legends like Messi, Ronaldo, and Salah learned the game are already being lost to heat, drought, and flooding.

 📣 87% of fans say climate change is already affecting football, and nearly 9 in 10 want their clubs to lead the way.

For the first time, climate scientists and footballers have come together to show that without urgent climate action, the future of football is at risk.

👟 From World Cup winners to grassroots heroes, players are uniting behind one message: Football cannot survive without climate action.

Read the full report via our link in bio now!

There’s no hiding from it - the climate crisis is here, and it’s already impacting our beautiful game 🌍⚽️

Football is not immune.

On September 9th, alongside and Jupiter, we’re releasing our report to uncover football’s climate crisis and what can be done to protect the future of the sport we love.

🌎 Flooded pitches. Scorching heat. Seasons at risk. ⚽️

Pitches in Peril asks: can football survive the climate crisis?

📅 Dropping 9th September

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🌍 Climate Champions Tiffany Sornpao, Merrick Will & Ben Winterbottom surveyed fans worldwide about climate change and football.

📊 The verdict? Fans are ready for action - but they need players and clubs to lead.

⚡️ Key findings:
62% say climate already impacts football
73% have experienced weather-disrupted matches
84% want clubs speaking up
67% want players leading the conversation
The data is clear. The fans are waiting.

⚽️ Players and clubs: it’s time to step up.

Following in the footsteps of some of music’s biggest icons from to and … we’re excited to be part of this year’s !!

This Friday, FFF founder, Elliot, takes to the stage to discuss football’s unique cultural positioning to drive global climate action.

spotlight some of the UK’s hottest upcoming artists and leading activist voices — all within a festival lineup that also features , , and more.

Come and say hi 👋

It’s that time again…

New season admin to-do list:

✅ Subscribe to Football For Future newsletter (sign up via our website)
✅ Think of punny FPL team name
✅ Join the FFFFPL league using code RGVZ70

Let’s do it all again ⚽️

🌍🎓 FFF at 🎓🌍

Last week, our Founder Elliot Arthur-Worsop had the pleasure of chairing a panel discussion on “Tackling Sustainability in Sport” at the UCL Sustainability Leadership Conference, a 3-day event which aims to upskill and inspire students of any degree programme to become sustainability leaders in their later careers.

🤝 Elliot was joined by Claire Poole (), () and Freddie Daley ().

🤩💫 The discussion covered the origins of the sport and sustainability movement, the role of athlete advocacy, the unique challenges of sport, and more.

A brilliant discussion with friends from across the sector, with an engaged and inspiring student audience!

Thanks to and for their organisation of the conference and for having us.