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Sport can be a discipline that impact the communities in a positive way according to World Athletics President Sebastian Coe.
Sport can be the "key vehicle for change" when it comes to tackling global issues such as climate change, says World Athletics president Sebastian Coe.
Earlier this week, athletics' world governing body was named the Elite Organisation of the Year at the BBC Green Sport Awards.
World Athletics received the award after introducing environmental, social and governance obligations that host cities or venues need to adhere to if they want to run sanctioned events.
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"We now have a very well-established, mature 10-year sustainability plan," Coe told BBC Sport.
Coe, a two-time Olympic 1500m gold medalist, cited a survey which found "70% of our elite athletes want change now" and the same number had said climate change had already had a "profound impact" on their competition and training.
"The sobering stat for me is we have well over 200 federations in world athletics, and by 2060, 12 of those nations probably will not be existing," he added.
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As the organisation that stages the sport's global championships - bringing together hundreds of athletes in one place - and puts on events in several countries where the country's main source of income is oil and natural gas, Worth Athletics has faced question.
"We are a global sport," said Coe. "We want our sport to be able to impact on communities that may not have access to big sporting events. But, yes, we are moving nearly 2,000 athletes into a World Championship arena.
"I hope our bidding criteria at least helps as a bit of a catalyst for change. In order to successfully bid, it might actually demand greater change and greater focus."
Coe is hopeful World Athletics can use its position to make tangible positive impact to tackle climate change.
"The great thing I always say to environmental organisations is don't see us as competitors, see us as collaborators. We actually, believe it or not, really want the same outcome here," he said.
"Let us use sport as an amplifying voice, and I will go to my grave fundamentally believing that sport is the key vehicle for change."
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