More than 50 of the world’s top Olympic and Paralympic athletes have joined forces to appeal to global governments to create a “healthy and safe” planet.
In a video entitled ‘Dear Leaders of The World’, athletes including tennis champion Andy Murray, Kenyan two-time Olympic champion and marathon record holder Eliud Kipchoge, Spanish basketballer and three-time Olympic medalist Pau Gasol, and wheelchair sprinter Hannah Cockroft, make their powerful appeal.
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They are hoping that its sentiment – which highlights the dedication of the world’s athletes to being the best – will bring home the need for global powers to use their determination and skills to preserve and protect the planet.
The campaign was the initiative of gold medal-winning sailor Hannah Mills and rower Melissa Wilson, and was supported by the International Olympic Committee. Both women are huge supporters of environmental causes and worked together to create the video, ahead of COP26.
