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Theo Lorenzo Frixou, PhD Candidate, Social Sciences, Loughborough University

Why it’s so hard to kick fossil fuels out of sport

A 52 Super Series sailing race off Palma de Mallorca. Villegas Photo/Shutterstock

Governments and public relations firms are under pressure to, in UN secretary-general António Guterres’s words, stop “fuelling the madness” and ban fossil fuel advertising or cut ties with the industry.

France, Amsterdam, Sheffield and Edinburgh have all restricted fossil fuel advertising to differing degrees in recognition of the industry’s responsibility for climate breakdown.

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