Score a goal for climate: Assessing the carbon footprint of travel patterns of the English Premier League clubs

Football is the most popular sport, globally and in the United Kingdom. However it generates a range of negative environmental impacts, such as climate change, due to an extensive amount of travel involved. The growing contribution of football clubs to the global carbon footprint has been recognised, but never consistently assessed. This study assesses the carbon footprint of the English Premier League (EPL)clubs, using the patterns of their domestic travel in the 2016/2017 season as a proxy for analysis. The study shows that, within the 2016/17 season, the EPL clubs produced circa 1134 tonnes of CO 2- eq. as a result of their travel, where transportation accounts for 61% of the carbon footprint. To reduce this carbon footprint, a careful review of the current corporate travel and procurement practices in the EPL clubs is necessary. This is in order to optimise the travel itineraries, prioritise more climate-benign modes of transport and contract budget accommodation providers with the ‘green’ credentials

Local Authority planning provision for Event Management in Ireland: A Socio-Cultural Perspective

The increasing popularity of the event sector in Ireland has resulted in many community events being developed and marketed to international and domestic tourists alike. This growth has had an effect on host communities in a positive and negative manner. This paper assesses the current levels of Local Authority socio-cultural planning provision and guidelines for event management in Ireland. To achieve this, a content analysis approach was used to illustrate which Local Authorities in the Republic of Ireland employed socio-cultural tools and indicators for event management. Accordingly, analysis revealed a lack of Local Authority socio-cultural planning guidelines or policies for event management. However, this offers and opportunity to be improved by implementing and applying best practice indicators in socio-cultural policies and guidelines for event management in Ireland

The Effects of Tourism on Economic Growth and CO₂ Emissions:A Comparison between Developed and Developing Economies

The file attached to this record is the author's final peer reviewed version. The Publisher's final version can be found by following the DOI link.The objective of this study is to empirically examine the effect of tourism on economic growth and CO2 emissions across the panels of developed and developing economies around the world. The study also investigates the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis between tourism revenue and CO2 emissions. To achieve these objectives, study employs robust panel econometric techniques on balanced panel data sets of developed and developing economies. The cointegration test results confirm the long-run equilibrium relationship among the variables. Similarly, the long-run elasticities indicate that tourism has a significant positive impact on economic growth and CO2 emissions of both developed and developing economies. The results also imply the presence of EKC hypothesis between tourism and CO2 emissions. More specifically, our results indicate that after a threshold point the contribution of tourism to the CO2 emissions is negligible, and the reduction is much greater in developed economies than those of developing economies. Overall, our findings reveal that tourism plays a significant role in stimulating economic development and prosperity; though it increases CO2 emissions. However, the effect of tourism on the CO2 emissions can be minimized by adopting more sustainable tourism policies and efficient management across developed and developing economies