As global heating cuts snow cover, study reveals how many events, organisations and athletes have high-carbon backers
The report also found sponsorship deals from 12 fossil fuel companies, including Gazprom and Equinor, and five airlines, including British Airways and SAS.The European Alps suffered a poor winter for snow in 2023 and recent research found the duration of snow cover there is nowRising global temperatures have, on average, shrunk snow cover in the northern hemisphere by about 90,000 square kilometres a year, the new report said.
Lizzy Yarnold, Britain’s most successful winter Olympian, with two gold medals in the skeleton bobsled, said: “At their best winter sports are a celebration of people enjoying some of the most awesome landscapes on Earth. But the impact of climate pollution is now melting the snow and ice which these sports depend on. Having high-carbon sponsors is like winter sport nailing the lid on its own coffin, and it needs to stop.
Emil Johansson Kringstad, a former elite cross-country skier from Sweden, said: “It is a big irony that fossil fuel sponsorships are so common in a sport that is heavily dependent on cold winters and snow. Fossil fuel companies are melting the snow of winter sports.”
Australia Latest News, Australia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
How big banks profit from rising rates - ABC RadioHow would you feel if a bank made you guarantee in writing that you would move back in with your mother if you couldn’t pay your home loan anymore? It’s the sort of agreement people are being forced to make as the Reserve Bank continues to raise interest rates. Today, ABC business editor, Ian Verrender, on the incredible profits the banks are making as hundreds of thousands of people struggle to make ends meet. Featured: Ian Verrender, ABC business editor
Read more »
‘There will be no big changes to superannuation’: Patrick GormanAssistant Minister to the Prime Minister Patrick Gorman says the government is not adding any 'big changes” to superannuation. “But we did also say that we wanted to make sure that we had a defined purpose for superannuation, that’s the conversation that the Treasurer has opened,” he told Sky News Australia. “We also said that we would take responsibility for the challenges that are in front of us as a government. “We wouldn’t say ‘not my job’, we wouldn’t shut down debates the minute an idea’s put on the table, so we are very comfortable having a mature conversation with the Australian people.”
Read more »
Big bank’s major interest rate warningWestpac has changed its cash rate forecast as Australians with mortgages face a significant interest cliff.
Read more »
Robert Herjavec ‘not a big fan’ of the US Federal ReserveShark Tank investor Robert Herjavec has revealed he is “not a big fan” of the US Federal Reserve, claiming they have raised interest rates way too quickly. He said interest rates in Australia are not as high compared to the rest of the world. “I think Sydney, and Australia in general, is one of the most expensive places to live and I think a lot of people are dealing with a lot of consumer debt,” he told Sky News host Sharri Markson.
Read more »
The $22b fund holding the world’s biggest companies to accountMichael Allison and Jayson Vowles are taking big positions in corporate giants that they believe can deliver super profits in all conditions.
Read more »
New York’s new drug problem: what to do with a billion dollar weed mountain?Cannabis farms are booming upstate, but red tape frustrates newly legal shops in the city. Result: confusion – and a very big stash
Read more »