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Kelly Cates speaks to winners and nominees of the BBC's Green Sports Awards, discussing some of the key issues in how sport can help to tackle climate change.
She's joined by former Olympic cyclist and national active travel commissioner Chris Boardman and Claire Poole, the founder and CEO of Sport Positive, to look at whether sport is using its profile and reach to effectively change attitudes relating to the environment.
We hear from Australia's cricket captain Pat Cummins on why taking action matters and the challenges cricket faces on the issue.
Inter Milan and Denmark footballer Sofie Junge Pedersen talks about her activism and changes in her lifestyle, as well as trying to influence teammates to change their behaviour. And cross-country runner Innes Fitzgerald explains why she decided not to travel to Australia for an individual race.
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03:00 Pat Cummins on cricket's role in tackling climate change
13:00 Footballer Sofie Junge Pedersen
25:30 Innes Fitzgerald on travel considerations as an individual runner
35:20 Focus on a southern African football league attempting to stop people becoming rhino poachers
43:25 Baseball player Chris Dickerson on creating Players for Planet, raising awareness on sport's environmental impact
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