FILE PHOTO: Athletics - World Athletics Council Meeting - Monaco - November 22, 2019 President Sebastian Coe during a press conference REUTERS/Eric Gaillard/File Photo
(Reuters) - The governing body of athletics aims to become carbon neutral by 2030, it said on Tuesday, recognising that the sport has a significant environmental footprint.
Promising to cut its carbon output by 10% a year, World Athletics said in a statement that it would cut travel and rely more on local expertise, and that all events sanctioned by it would also have to commit to carbon neutrality targets.
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