Boardman: “sport must lead on climate change”

Sport England chair, Chris Boardman, has reiterated his call for sport to be a key player in the worldwide fight against climate change.

The former Olympic cycling champion attended COP29, where he said he wants the sector to lead the way because of its “immense reach into every community”, as well as the “power of its star personalities to advocate on a global level”.

Boardman said: “Not only is this an approach that will work with climate change, it’s possibly the only one that will.

“I hold this positive outlook because I can see the thousand small, practical changes we can make that, if enacted by every leader, person, community and sector, will see us prevail.

For those incremental actions to be made, we need to be able to reach out into the world of business and down into the heart of communities to motivate and galvanise action. I believe only sport has the ability to do this.”