'Race to win': Olympians call for UK to lead sprint against climate change

Cecilia Keating
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Paula Radcliffe and Mo Farah among hundreds of athletes to warn Prime Minister that the 'acute threat from climate change' threatens future Olympic and Paralympic games

More than 300 British Olympians and Paralympians have joined the barrage of calls for the government to deliver a green recovery, today urging the Prime Minister to take urgent action to tackle climate...

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