Winter athletes said current climate policies are 'insufficient' and requested a more 'geographically reasonable' race schedule to prevent multiple flights back and forth between continents during competition season.
Olympic cross-country skiing champion Jessie Diggins and Freeride World Tour champions Arianna Tricomi and Xavier de le Rue also signed the letter.Competitors suggested a more"geographically reasonable" race schedule to reduce carbon emissions from flights, citing how the men's circuit will have travelled from Europe to North America and back twice by the end of this season.
"The races of Beaver Creek in November and those in Aspen in February are 50 kilometres away from each other," the skiers said, referring to the two Colorado resorts.Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video playerSkiers were left to drift down a single slope at an Austrian resort after record temperatures melted the rest of the snow
"The public opinion about skiing is shifting towards unjustifiability," the athletes wrote."We need progressive organisational action. We are aware of the current sustainability efforts of FIS and rate them as insufficient." The athletes asked the federation to shift the start of the alpine skiing season from late October to late November and the end of the season from mid-March to late April.
"The seasons have shifted and in the interest of us all we need to adapt to those new circumstances," they said.Watch the Daily Climate Show at 3.30pm Monday to Friday, and The Climate Show with Tom Heap on Saturday and Sunday at 3.30pm and 7.30pm.The show investigates how global warming is changing our landscape and highlights solutions to the crisis.
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