The climate strikes taking place around the world today show the global significance of the changing climate, and how all governments are being urged to take urgent and positive action to significantly reduce carbon emissions. The impacts of climate change, as has been said many times before, are huge and are already impacting the quality of all nationalities lives. As Greta Thunberg keeps saying, our house is burning, yet our politicians are ignoring this. Our ‘house’ is mor

On Monday I was asked to come along to the Ocean Solutions panel at the Borrow-A-Boat Southampton Boat Show. Sitting alongside my World Sailing Trust colleague Hannah Hoare and Nick Doman from the Ocean Bottle, we talked about practical environmental initiatives people could take as sailors, as well as the governance lead that World Sailing has set with Agenda 2030 and setting up the World Sailing Trust, and the inspiring leadership shown by projects such as SailGP. Putting t

Sport is a platform that enthuses and inspires billions of people across the world. The shared values spanning the sports community are a powerful basis for mutual understanding, cooperation and peace, bridging continental, religious and economic boundaries. The United Nations has long recognized, advocated for and supported the important contributions of sport to development and peace. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs