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Athletics Kenya has been praised for leading the campaign on climate change after World Athletics was feted at the BBC Green Sport Awards for its work on climate action.
World Athletics has been named Elite Organisation of the Year at the BBC Green Sport Awards in London in recognition of its ambitious initiatives to encourage and demonstrate action on environmental and climate change issues in the last one year.
Launched in 2022, the annual awards celebrate individuals and organisations from across the globe who are actively contributing to a more sustainable future through their sporting profile and practises.
World Athletics was credited for several initiatives, including the implementation of its Athletics for a Better World Standard, a system that evaluates an event's environmental, social and local economic impacts and benefits that has been incorporated into the event bidding and licencing process.
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The Champions for a Better World programme, which provides platforms for athletes to speak out on their environmental and social concerns, was also noted for its impact since it was established in 2022.
World Athletics' consistent spotlighting of climate issues and their impact on sport was also cited by the Awards’ panel of judges.
This is largely thanks to World Athletics affiliates like Athletics Kenya who have been in the forefront of championing for awareness towards climate change.
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“Inclusion of sustainability metrics into our bidding criteria helps as a catalyst for change. In order to successfully bid for our events, it might actually demand greater focus on an event's environmental impact,” World Athletics president Sebastian Coe.
"Let us use sport as an amplifying voice. I will go to my grave fundamentally believing that sport is a key vehicle for change. It doesn't always happen quickly. It doesn't happen overnight. But I've rarely seen a sport go into any political, cultural or national environment that hasn't actually flicked the dial socially or politically."
Coe thanked World Athletics Vice President and Athletics Kenya President Jackson Tuwei, who was in London to participate in the annual General Assembly of signatories to the United Nations Sport for Climate Action Framework on Monday, for accepting the award on his behalf.
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“Jackson has quickly become one of our sport’s greatest sustainability champions. No athletics competitions take place in Kenya without sustainability initiatives playing a strong role.”
Athletics Kenya was the first World Athletics member federation to become a signatory to the UN Sport for Climate Action Framework. World Athletics signed on to the framework in 2021.
Through its Green Sport Awards, BBC Sport aims to celebrate the good news - the athletes, former athletes and organisations working hard to enact and inspire change.
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