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Congratulations to all our brilliant winners and nominees and thank you for joining us for the third BBC Green Sport Awards.

It has been an evening of celebration for those who are using the grassroots and global power of sport to show that things can change and move forward in a positive way if we all play our part.

You can find out more about all the nominees here, the winners here and watch the awards programme here.

We also have a special programme from this year's Green Sport Awards available to watch now on BBC iPlayer or in the video below.

And with that brings and end to this year's Green Sport Awards.

It's been another brilliant night celebrating the positive stories and actions taking place around the world of sport and sustainability.

So, here is a re-cap of all our winners tonight:

• Athlete of the Year: Imogen Grant
• World Athlete of the Year: Rhydian Cowley
• Evergreen Athlete of the Year: Adrian 'Ace' Buchan
• Elite Organisation of the Year: World Athletics
• Grassroots Organisation of the Year: Pledgeball

You can read more about all those winners here

And finally, one of the leading voices on climate change and the environment, BBC Springwatch presenter Chris Packham has sent a message for the ceremony.

Matt Warwick
BBC Sport at the BBC Radio Theatre

Enter the superbrain: Mike Berners-Lee is here. He’s a researcher and writer on carbon-footprinting and has been outspoken on sport's organisations who he feels are not pulling their weight on sustainability.

(Also brother of Sir Tim Berners-Lee: he who invented the internet. Which is much better than breaking it, in our view.)

"Sport brings the world together and global community – it’s important to send out huge messages about how we should ask: ‘what does a good society look like? Do we think about sustainability every time we eat, every time we travel?

"Sport’s an incredible platform for that - it has the opportunity to send out the message. Most people care about climate change more than everybody else thinks they car about climate change.

"A low-carbon world is not going to be a world with no flying – we need a better reason for flying. World Cups or Olympics are actually quite a small carbon footprint because more people watch it at home.

"Bang for buck, sport’s carbon footprint is worth it if we do it properly."

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David Lockwood
BBC Sport

I think collaboration is the word this year and as the saying goes, “climate action is a team sport”.

We have seen the coming together of 7 governing bodies to form one of our nominees the Clean Water Sports Alliance.

We’ve had Pledgeball partnering with UEFA at the champions league final.

The Pedal for Paris was a partnership led by Evergreen nominee Chris Boardman between Sport England and BBC Sport.

Collaboration is essential, not just because we are stronger together, we are also louder, we are bolder but most importantly we are more effective.

With the ceremony drawing to a close, BBC editorial sustainability lead David Lockwood is going to say a few words to the those in the audience.

Earlier this evening, Athlete of the Year Imogen Grant spoke to BBC Sport's Katie Gornall.

After being announced as the winner on The One Show, it was unveiled that recent London College of Fashion UAL alumni, Aishvarya Verma, would be creating an outfit for Imogen to wear to this year’s BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards using her old rowing kit.

I will be keeping an eye out for that in December!

As we saw earlier when it was revealed on The One Show, the BBC Green Sport Awards Athlete of the Year for 2024 is Olympic gold medallist Imogen Grant.

She has been recognised for the positive impact she has been making both professionally and personally over the past 12 months, from helping to launch the Clean Water Sport Alliance to trying not to buy any new clothes this year.

Paralympic canoeist's Jack Eyers and Emma Wiggs alongside Open Water swimmer, Hector Pardoe, are presenting her with her award this evening.

And now it is time to handout the fifth and final award of the night...

Matt Warwick
BBC Sport at the BBC Radio Theatre

Hector Pardoe is an Olympic open water swimmer with a frightening ability to cut through the wet stuff. And he's here tonight.

This year he broke the record for swimming the length of Lake Windermere in the Lake District. And has been an active member of the community for cleaner waters around the UK and beyond.

"I grew up as vegetarian for moral reasons, but as I got older I realised other issues around future sustainability, and water quality became more evident to me when I was racing around the world.

“I started my open water journey when I was 12 in Ellesmere water, and to think other 12 year olds now might not have the same opportunities I had because we can’t keep our waters clean has really upset me.

"So I think it’s my duty to use my profile to do iconic swims like Lake Windermere to raise as much money as I can and try to push the future forward for the younger generation to take up this amazing sport.”

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Matt Warwick
BBC Sport

BBC Dragons’ Den star Deborah Meaden has been very vocal and influential on green issues, and co-presents BBC Radio 5 Live’s Big Green MoneyShow with Felicity Hannah.

She’s here to put her spin on of sustainability in sport. And, of course, bizzo.

"The influence that sports people have is massive – it’s a wonderful space for people when watching sport - their minds are open.

"It’s a fantastic way to get messages across, even if we’re fed up with being hit over the head with what we're supposed to do. But being shown in an environment when you’re enjoying yourself let’s you think you can can get on board.

"But we need to speak a language that makes people receptive. Business people, they all care but they get into their world and lot of stuff gets in the way.

"Talk about the benefits, but make it human – we mustn’t talk about it in an abstract way. ‘Net zero’ doesn’t mean anything – I don’t care. I care about water, the countryside – speak to people in a language they understand."

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Before we get to the presentation of tonight's final award we are hearing about our colleague's in BBC Children's Earthshot challenge project with ne of Blue Peter's Earthshot Champions Marine biologist Inka Cresswell and Blue Peter presenter Abby Cook.

Based in New South Wales in Australia, Ace couldn't be at the ceremony tonight, but he did send a message on receiving the award: "It is an absolute honour.

"I'm absolutely thrilled to receive the Evergreen Athlete award from the BBC. It means a great deal to be recognised away from the sporting field.

"It's huge to be recognised from across the world and I am super excited to keep driving positive change."

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A professional surfer and passionate climate advocate, Buchan has played a significant role in environmental activism.

The 42-year-old was a founding board member of an Australian charity that is dedicated to combating climate change and empowering and educating surfers. He is also an ambassador for a non-profit organisation working on climate-crisis mitigation, coastal and marine conservation, and addressing plastic pollution, while advocating for a charity aimed at reducing plastic pollution.

In 2020, he won $25,000 for an ocean advocacy award and donated the prize money to the Climate Council. Buchan sits on the board at governing body Surfing Australia and in the past year has made significant strides through his leadership at Surfers for Climate.

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And the Evergreen Athlete of the Year for 2024 is... Adrian 'Ace' Buchan!

The Evergreen Athlete of the Year award is to recognise a professional sportsperson who has proactively demonstrated ongoing support for environmental and/or climate change issues for a number of years.

The 2024 nominees are:

• Chris Boardman
• Adrian 'Ace' Buchan
• Lewis Pugh
• Alexandra Rickham
• Melissa Wilson

You can read more on this year's shortlist here

Amazing to think Dame Sarah Storey did this cycle to Paris and then went on to win her 18th and 19th Paralympic golds there.

I struggle on a bike machine in the gym, never mind cycling all the way to another country...

Right, back to the awards and it is time for our penultimate winner of the night - the Evergreen Athlete of the Year.