SPORTS ORGANISATIONS AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
SPORTS ORGANISATIONS AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

Summary/Abstract: Sports, as many other human activities, often generates a negative impact on the environment. On this account, the sports organisations started, in time, to lean onsports impact on the environment. This article analyses the history of the relationshipbetween the International Olympic Committee and the environment from the perspective ofthe Olympic forum’s collaboration with other international institutions, as well as of theadopted legal rules in the light of the importance given to the environment – which becamethe pillar of Olympism alongside sports and culture. The end of the article approaches thematter of assessing the impact on the environment, on the occasion of UEFA organizing theEuropean championships’ final tournaments.

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