This was my first year attending the new BBC Green Sports Awards which honours athletes taking a stance on climate change and issues related to their sport and beyond. It is an international award, with lots of sports beyond Olympic and Paralympic in contention for the awards given out annually. It was inspiring to hear about the incredible efforts of some athletes to support the planet. The next day, I joined the Sport Positive conference at the Oval Cricket Ground in London and spoke on a panel with Alex and Jess about unconscious bias, race, disability, gender, identity and all other aspects of inclusion and equalities in sport and how this relates to the negative impacts of climate change, which are undoubtedly worse for more marginalised groups in the population. It was an interactive panel and Jess and Alex did a fantastic job, I was lucky to join them on stage and play my part to their dynamic duo! It is important that the sports industry starts to do more and lead in the space of sustainability and green transition. Conferences like this one provide an important space to open up discussions, share ideas and best practice on ways to take sustainability forward in clubs, events, competitions and so on.
