The Climate Resilience Podcast
Jul 14, 2026 · 35 min · 10 segments
As climate change reshapes the world around us, sport is increasingly feeling the effects - from extreme heat and flooding to disrupted schedules and threatened facilities. In this episode, Phil is…
Claire PooleGuestPhil EmonsonHostThis summer, the world has come together for the biggest sports show on earth, the Men's Football World Cup.
Billions of us are watching and celebrating and moaning about the drinks breaks.
But there was another story here because this could be the hottest, the most polluting World Cup
Matches are being played in extreme heat and fans are traveling thousands of miles.
It's a global spectacle that is both reflecting and contributing to the climate challenge that we're facing.
But sport can also give us something really powerful because if we want it to, sport can be a way of making climate real and visible in people's everyday lives.
So sport can play a really important role in the storytelling of climate and climate resilience.
Because when climate change affects sport, both in the elite game and the grassroots games, people notice.
Because while we talk about elite tournaments and global audiences, the same impacts are being experienced on Sunday League football pitches that are waterlogged, or in mass participation summer sports like cricket and athletics and tennis that are being cancelled because of extreme heat.
amateur players like you and I, young and old, perhaps losing access to sports altogether.
So in today's episode, we are asking what if sport could lead society's pursuit for climate resilience and can sport become one of the most powerful tools for climate action? And for this, I am delighted to be joined by Claire Poole from Sport Positive, who is right at the heart of this conversation.
Claire works globally at the intersect of sports and sustainability and climate change.
This summer, the world has come together for the biggest sports show on earth, the Men's Football World Cup.
Billions of us are watching and celebrating and moaning about the drinks breaks.
But there was another story here because this could be the hottest, the most polluting World Cup
Matches are being played in extreme heat and fans are traveling thousands of miles.
It's a global spectacle that is both reflecting and contributing to the climate challenge that we're facing.
But sport can also give us something really powerful because if we want it to, sport can be a way of making climate real and visible in people's everyday lives.
So sport can play a really important role in the storytelling of climate and climate resilience.
Because when climate change affects sport, both in the elite game and the grassroots games, people notice.
Because while we talk about elite tournaments and global audiences, the same impacts are being experienced on Sunday League football pitches that are waterlogged, or in mass participation summer sports like cricket and athletics and tennis that are being cancelled because of extreme heat.
amateur players like you and I, young and old, perhaps losing access to sports altogether.
So in today's episode, we are asking what if sport could lead society's pursuit for climate resilience and can sport become one of the most powerful tools for climate action? And for this, I am delighted to be joined by Claire Poole from Sport Positive, who is right at the heart of this conversation.
Claire works globally at the intersect of sports and sustainability and climate change.
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