UN, Ronaldo & Zidane spotlight bid to promote 'Green' 2010 World Cup
30 Aug '06
3 min read
The project is currently being submitted by the South African Government to the GEF Assembly through UNDP. Established in 1991, the GEF helps developing countries fund projects and programmes which protect the global environment. “GEF partners are well placed to elevate the environmental challenge to the global agenda,” Mr. Melkert said.
Additionally GEF grants support projects related to biodiversity, climate change, international waters, land degradation, the ozone layer and persistent organic pollutants.
Ronaldo and Zidane noted in their UNDP statement that sub-standard public transportation perpetuates poverty, generates health-threatening polluted air and contributes to climate change, which affects everyone, everywhere. “We both have personal experience of this as we were both brought up in communities where poor quality public transport was sadly the norm.”
The athletes voiced hope that “when the final whistle blows” at the 2010 World Cup, the project will have played its part in making the event “healthier, more enjoyable and more inclusive” while “acting as a catalyst for the development of 21st century public transport across Africa and the developing world.”
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