Sports are among those that contribute the most to climate change, and they also suffer from it. Aeronautical sports, those practiced mostly outdoors, mountain and climbing sports, winter sports, and aquatic sports related to the seas and oceans. In recent decades, we have seen how various meteorological phenomena have transformed disciplines such as soccer, rugby, athletics, motorsports, and cycling. Many have had to adapt to a new era, but experts are calling for greater awareness among elite athletes so they can contribute to raising awareness worldwide.
It's a sector that has been slow to react, but it has the energy of its top leaders to express their message to millions of people, even though they are not using it adequately, criticizes Pancho Campo, president of the Planet Future Foundation, famous for initiating several business initiatives and climate change forums alongside former US President and Vice President Barack Obama and Al Gore. Scientific reviews agree that the organization of major sporting events has an incredible environmental impact, whether in the construction of infrastructure, where cement is the star because it pollutes more than oil.
The Anti Climate Sport
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The transportation of thousands of spectators who then become waste, and then in the abandonment or maintenance of the elaborate facilities. Most sports are focused on world tours in Formula One, for example, they say they want to be sustainable with more than 20 races a year, when 99% of the carbon footprint impact is in country to country transportation, logistics, mechanics, and all the people involved, not the engine itself, says Campo, who also warns about the visible footprint of golf and the construction of courses in areas where rainfall is rare.
Everything is desalinated using water from rich countries, when this isn't the solution. The problem is that desalination plants aren't efficient enough and have very serious ecological problems due to their huge energy consumption. Added to this issue for the sport of green is the significant issue of the widespread and persistent climate change to which much of the planet is subjected. According to the annual report on the state of the climate in Europe (ESOTC), 2022 was the second warmest year ever recorded in the old continent, and in three of the four seasons of the year winter, summer, and autumn temperatures fell above average.
Football with Less Cold
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If we talk about long-term competitions like the Tour de France or Roland Garros, as the climate is increasingly changing, it will be increasingly difficult for the initially planned plans to fit together in these tournaments. It will be increasingly difficult for the entire day to run normally, considering, for example, storms, which we have seen in recent years are particularly intense, the impact of which can leave lasting effects and destruction, notes the author of the book Our Climate Challenge (Ed. Alfabeto).
The expert, who flies around the globe in search of evidence of the impact of climate change and presents it through lectures and documentaries to raise awareness about the future that lies ahead for our planet, warns of the risk faced by winter sports. Only one of the venues that has hosted the Winter Games (Sapporo) could do so again in 2080, says Campo, who recalls how different ski resorts in different parts of the world have been upgraded because the lack of snow made them unviable. What we see today in ski resorts is that most must resort to artificial cannons, but if things continue as predicted, below 2,300 meters.
Snow Shortage
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We might not even have the climate to produce snow during the winter season, Vinas elaborates. There are many examples of why global warming affects not only soccer, tennis, and golf, but also snowboarding and baseball. Last week, the American Meteorological Society published research stating that rising temperatures due to climate change have increased the number of home runs hit in games. According to the laws of physics, hot air is less dense than cold air.
As the air warms and the molecules move faster, the air expands, leaving more space between the molecules. Thus, a hit ball should be launched farther on a hot day than on a cooler one due to less air resistance. This can be interpreted in the same way in the aerial sports of skydiving It produces a loss of air density and turbulence, Campo reveals. The impact of high temperatures will alter the schedules of regular competitions, experts state. The problem is that they are more frequent during periods of intense and long-lasting heat, explains the Meteored meteorologist and scientist.
Conclusion
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FIFA also took a decisive step toward combating climate change this semester by presenting its climate strategy at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), held this year in Scotland. The global governing body of football thus affirms its leadership in the global sports community by ratifying its commitment to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) climate action framework for sport. This includes a pledge to reduce football's emissions and contribute to achieving global goals of a 50% reduction in carbon emissions by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2040, as set out in the 2015 Paris Agreement.
But what exactly does carbon neutrality mean. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) defines net-zero emissions as a balance between greenhouse gas removals and emissions into the atmosphere. This implies the elimination of all avoidable emissions and the removal of residual emissions from the atmosphere. For organizations like FIFA, achieving these net-zero emissions targets will require leadership and the cooperation of its internal operating units and external stakeholders.
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