In St. Moritz, a ski resort town that revolves around winter tourism, high temperatures made full matches impossible and raised concerns about the future.
In addition to evaluating how climate change is affecting winter sports, the Ski & Snowboard Caucus has also looked at other nuanced issues like immigration visas and affordable housing and how they relate to winter sports businesses.
The I.O.C. awarded this year’s Winter Games to a place almost completely lacking in snow. China’s water-scarce capital had to go to enormous lengths to make it.
While global warming poses a long-term threat to the winter sports ecosystem, experts say they can already see its effects now – in rising temperatures and unpredictable weather at competition venues, or in the quality of snow on the slopes.
Climate change is affecting sports around the world, including many of the favorite events at the 2022 Winter Olympics. Team USA athletes Brock Crouch, Jessie Diggins and David Wise are making a stand for sustainability.
The impacts of climate change will restrict where future Winter Olympics can take place in the Northern Hemisphere, a study from the University of Waterloo in Ontario has found.
