"Out of 93 potential Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games host sites only 52 would remain climate-reliable for the Olympics and just 22 for the Paralympics if countries continue current climate policies. Climate change is going to change the geography of where we can hold the Winter Olympics and the Paralympics. There's no question, said Daniel Scott, an environment professor at Waterloo and the lead author on the study Advancing Climate Change Resilience of the Winter Olympic-Paralympic Games."
"It was there at the 1968 Olympic Games that France's Jean-Claude Killy swept all three Alpine skiing gold medals then available, becoming, along with American figure skater Peggy Fleming, the first Winter Olympic superstar of the TV era. Yet when France revealed its plans to host the 2030 Winter Olympics, Grenoble wasn't included, with organizers concerned that because of climate change, the area could no longer be counted on to have guaranteed snow."
The snow-covered slopes near Grenoble, France, were excluded from France's plans to host the 2030 Winter Olympics because organizers judged the area can no longer be counted on for guaranteed snow. Out of 93 potential Winter Olympic and Paralympic host sites, only 52 would remain climate-reliable for the Olympics and just 22 for the Paralympics if countries continue current climate policies. Warmer-than-average temperatures have hampered snowmaking operations at Cortina d'Ampezzo, affecting Alpine and sliding competitions and raising concern among athletes, organizers and IOC officials. Utah resorts opened several weeks behind schedule this winter, prompting doubts about Salt Lake City’s future reliability.
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