There will be no eventing equestrian test event before next year's Olympic Games in Paris in an effort to reduce costs, it has been revealed.

Paris 2024 organisers have stressed the need to "optimise and cut costs" in a climate of increasing inflation.Eventing

Calls were made to "team up to save winter" as the curtain came down on the Lake Placid 2023 International University Sports Federation (FISU) Winter World University Games.

approach to staging these Games and driving forward the vital and urgent conversations about our changing climate

A young British athlete has turned down the opportunity to represent her country at next month’s World Athletics Cross Country Championships in Australia because of her concerns that a long plane journey would have on the environment.

I was just nine when the COP21 Paris Climate agreement was signed.

Now, eight years on, and global emissions have been steadily increasing, sending us on a path to climate

“The least I can do is voice my solidarity with those suffering on the front line of climate breakdown

As a young person with Olympic dreams growing up during a climate and ecological emergency, she is balancing

The waving of Russian flags in the stands at the Australian Open in Melbourne this week prompted complaints from Ukrainian spectators and sparked indignation from Russian officials after the flags were removed.

idea was shelved.The IOC admitted "the need for de-politicisation of the Games under the present world climate

Not since TE Lawrence trod the burning sands a century ago has anyone captivated Arabia as much as Cristiano Ronaldo.

and Ronaldo’s Portugal to reach the semi-finals, the first Arab or African nation to do so.Never mind climate

International University Sports Federation (FISU) Acting President Leonz Eder is looking to capitalise on the esports industry's boom while still incorporating physical activity into the competition.

If we can combine esports with physical activities and also have climate actions in mind, then I think

that Lake Placid is unlikely to be able to host the Winter Olympic Games again unless the impacts of climate

We looked at all the former Olympic locations and the future scenarios of climate change," Knowles said

like Lake Placid are in that high emissions scenario that is increasingly likely to see the impacts of climate

Olympic figure skating medallist Nathan Chen of the United States has stressed the need for urgent climate

initiatives that they have been putting in to try to spur on this global drive to putting an end to the climate

Another week brought more disruption to the International Ski and Snowboard Federation's (FIS) World Cup circuits with more weather-related cancellations.

be just the start, it has to be feared.There are real concerns over the reduction in the number of climate-reliable

where leaders cannot even reach an agreement on phasing out fossil fuels at the recent United Nations Climate

Canadian freestyle skier Philippe Marquis believes athletes have the "power to pave the way" on tackling climate

medallist said he was encouraged to see more athletes get behind efforts to address the "very scary" climate

Athletes and Activism".All three individuals stressed how important athletes are to raising awareness of climate

Marquis said the realisation of the climate problem was "starting to sink in more and more" when he witnessed

last year after competing at Beijing 2022, admitted that she was initially unsure whether to become a climate

It’s great that we are no longer having the debate about whether [climate change] is real or is it really

International University Sports Federation (FISU) Executive Council member Martin Doulton has warned that winter sport events could be gone by 2050 if sporting organisations do not to drastically reduce their carbon footprint.

saw sporting leaders, scientists, academics, activists and athletes gather to discuss the topic of climate

Action Framework.The initiative was co-created by the UN Climate Change and the International Olympic

Committee in 2018 with the aim of driving climate awareness and action."

By 2031, I would like to see every sporting organisation signed up to the UN Sports for Climate Action

How do we seriously deal with climate changes?"

Two legs of the men's International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) Alpine Ski World Cup due to be held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen later this month have been cancelled due to a lack of snow.

eight races to lead the women's standings.There are concerns over the future of winter sports given the climate

crisis and the International Olympic Committee is concerned at a reduction in the number of climate-reliable

Olympic host cities would not be reliable winter sport destinations by 2050 because of the impact of climate

Britain’s Lake Placid 2023 Chef de Mission Chris Purdie believes the International University Sports Federation (FISU) should follow the lead of the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham establishing a multi-site Athletes' Village model to help attract more Winter World University Games hosts.

As a group of nations coming together, we have to try to improve the climate," Purdie told insidethegames

As for the Lake Placid 2023 International University Sports Federation (FISU) Winter World University Games, sustainability is the main focus of the organisation's World Conference here.

Center for the Arts here.It is due to run parallel to the Games under the theme "the intersection of climate

eyes of the world once again on Lake Placid, the intention is to focus attention on the urgency of climate

innovations, adaptations, research and meaningful opportunities for activism at the intersection of climate

while training, competing and recreating and the role of inclusion and activism in winter sports and climate

2023McKibben is the co-founder and senior advisor at 350.org, which is the first planet-wide, grassroots climate

Drone manufacturer Volocopter says it wants to make its "air taxis" accessible in the city of Paris in time for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Paris 2024 has already committed to becoming the first "climate-positive" Games, meaning carbon emissions