Europe's green capital of the year.

The small finish city of Lati is the home of the lofty Pelicans theme team proudly debuted their new Green City jerseys during a recent fixture.

They feature environmental commitments and stats in replacement of their regular player numbers, but their quest to become carbon neutral involves a lot more than just a wardrobe change.

The team has already given up all air travel on their, encouraging their fans to travel to watch their games by public transport, bike or on foot.

The club's home arena runs off only green energy on all Restaurants at the arena offer locally produced food and plastic free packaging off course.

The Lottie Pelicans aren't the only sport stars committed to combating climate change.

English soccer team Forest Green Rovers became the world's first United Nations certified carbon neutral soccer club in 2018.

They were also the world's only vegan soccer club.

After making the switch to a plant based diet for all players, staff on events in 2020 world athletics vowed to become carbon neutral by 2030.