how do you feel getting this award? yeah, ifeel like it s a real privilege. i never set out to achieve awards from this. ijust wanted to raise awareness about, like, climate related issues within the athletics and sporting world, trying to get up and coming athletes think about what they re doing, and their impacts on the climate as well. earlier this year, innes turned down the opportunity to compete in the cross country championships in australia because of the impact flying there would have on the environment. it was like, well, i can go there and i might do really well, but can ijustify, like, taking that flight with just doing, like, one race, running for, like, minutes, which, obviously, would mean so much if i was to, like, do really well, but, like, the emissions from that flight is just so great, and ijust, at the time, couldn t justify it at all. ready? three, two, one, go. what was that conversation like with you? did she talk to you about it beforehand? yeah,
innes, congratulations. what you have done has been something that is really inspirational. how do you feel getting this award? yeah, ifeel like it s a real privilege. i never set out to achieve awards from this. ijust wanted to raise awareness about, like, climate related issues within the athletics and sporting world, trying to get up and coming athletes think about what they re doing, and their impacts on the climate as well. earlier this year, innes turned down the opportunity to compete in the cross country championships in australia because of the impact flying there would have on the environment. it was like, well, i can go there and i might do really well, but can ijustify, like, taking that flight with just doing, like, one race, running for, like, five minutes, which, obviously, would mean so much if i was to, like, do really well, but, like, the emissions from that flight is just so great, and ijust, at the time, couldn t justify it at all. ready? three, two,
presidential election just around the corner, republican candidates are setting out their particular brand of foreign affairs. and a split is emerging, between traditional republican values and a new school of foreign policy, with far less support for allies caught up in conflict. for the next 30 minutes we re taking a closer look at the foreign policy of the grand old party and how it s impacting current armed conflicts across the globe. well, this week, it has become clear that the republicans evolving stance on foreign policy could significantly impact the support the us is able to offer to its allies, both in israel and ukraine. on wednesday, senate republicans blocked a $110 billion spending bill in part over a dispute on changes to border and immigration policy. now, the package would provide over $50 billion in security assistance to ukraine and another $14 billion to israel in its war against hamas. the white house warned that without the additional funding, us assis
in so many ways i think these last two years have been of the bit of a wake up call, right? from covid to extreme weather, it s a bit like nature is sending out a distress signal. a serious hats off to all our award winners because, at the end of the day, this is the only planet we ve got. yeah, you are the scientist but i believe so, yeah. it s definitely the only planet we ve got. i was goingto to ask about any other options but fine, i agree with you. i think the reason we love sport is that it s notjust about the elite heroes at the top, we re all involved. sport is for everyone no matter what your standard is or your background. think for that reason, sport can teach us about looking after our planet. we can t just sit and watch. we can only make progress if every single one of us is part of the team. well, that is all from the 2022 bbc green sport awards. time for us to turn