United Nations Sports Climate Action Framework |

The Sharks have Signed up

The Sharks are proud to announce that we are the first Canoe Club to sign up as a Participants in the United Nations; Sports for Climate Action Framework.

We are all affected by Climate Change and we need to act. We have all seen the catastrophic effects of freak weather conditions, the flooding so regularly hitting us! Canoeing is affected by these conditions probably more than most sports, so many events have been cancelled or abandoned due to flooding in the past few years and as irritating as that maybe it is minor compared to the lives lost, lives ruined, homes and businesses destroyed.

As a Club were are committed to putting Climate Change Action central to our decision making process, and agreeing to and adhering to the five principles.

The participants in the Sports for Climate Action Initiative will commit to adhere to the following five principles:

Principle 1: Undertake systematic efforts to promote greater environmental responsibility;

Principle 2: Reduce overall climate impact;

Principle 3: Educate for climate action;

Principle 4: Promote sustainable and responsible consumption;

Principle 5: Advocate for climate action through communication.

We are also asking all our members to think about what they can do not just in their personal lives, but also in their professional lives. I f you can Haley make changes to the way your employer works, that may have considerable positive impact. Principle 3, Educate for climate action, applies to us all, we can all think what we do, we can all look at what goes on around us and seek to improve, we can lead by example and we can highlight issues and make suggestions.

We would also like our members to make suggestions we can undertake to promote any of the above principles, we will consider climate impact on all our corporate decision making, aiming to reduce our Climate Impact in our activities and operations.

We are proud of our partnerships and it is great to see on of our major partners, The National Trust leading the way at Osterley Park, whom have installed heat exchangers to cut their environmental impact. The National Trust also use compostable cups for their takeaway coffee.

If we are to be successful in this we need a two way dialogue and want your input on what we can do, we are also looking for somebody to look at our environmental impact, so we can learn and improve. So please do get in touch: 07951 770241 or email: canoeing@thesharks.org.uk.

The Sharks have Signed up

The participants in the Sports for Climate Action Initiative will commit to adhere to the following five principles:

Principle 1: Undertake systematic efforts to promote greater environmental responsibility;

Principle 2: Reduce overall climate impact;

Principle 3: Educate for climate action;

Principle 4: Promote sustainable and responsible consumption;

Principle 5: Advocate for climate action through communication.

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