An IOC Young Leaders 2025–2028 initiative
Sport is our tool. The planet is our goal.
Clean Sport Drive trains student athletes across Ghana as climate ambassadors, turning the reach of sport into real action on pollution and climate change.
Why sport
Sport moves people
It fills stadiums, unites communities, shapes culture and gives young people something to believe in. Clean Sport Drive points that power at one of the biggest challenges of our time.
We work with schools across Accra and beyond, running climate education sessions built around sport, certifying student athletes through an accredited Carbon Literacy course, and putting recycling equipment and sports gear directly into the schools that need it.
Read our storyWhat we do
Four pillars, one goal
Clean Sport Drive works across four connected pillars, each addressing a different dimension of the sport and climate challenge: what people think, what gets built, how organisations operate, and what outlasts us.
Advocacy and education
Climate workshops in schools and an accredited course that certifies student athletes as climate champions.
Target: 6,000 young people by 2028
Direct action
Eco-sport kits, clean-up games and recycling systems installed at partner schools.
Target: 100 schools across Ghana
Consultancy and technology
Helping African teams, clubs and federations measure and cut their carbon footprints.
Clubs, federations, event organisers
Leadership and legacy
An annual Clean Sport Summit in Accra and a scholarship fund for outstanding ambassadors.
Inaugural summit, Accra 2028
Where we are heading
The numbers we are working towards
Clean Sport Drive is in Phase 1 of a five-phase roadmap. These are the 2028 targets we measure ourselves against.
Our partners and networks
From the field
Latest news
Outreach reports, notes from the summits we attend, and practical guidance for student athletes and the schools they come from.
Event coverage
Inside the Bawaleshie outreach
What a Clean Sport Drive session actually looks like, from warm-up to the moment the bins arrive.
Summit reports
What we brought back from the Green Sports Alliance Summit
Three things learned in the United States, and how they change the work in Accra.
Tips and guides
Five things a student athlete can change this term
Small, specific and possible on a school field in Ghana. No lectures.
Give us a hand
Every programme is free to the schools taking part. Donations are what make that possible.
DonateFollow the work
Outreach reports, ambassador stories and notes from the summits we attend. Once a month, no more.