IOC is reviewing previous Winter Games due to climate change

A relocation could then also have an impact on the date of the Paralympics. “Perhaps the Paralympics will take place in February and the other games in January. That is also part of our discussions,” said Stoss. The Paralympics in Italy will take place from March 6th to 15th. “March is very late because the sun is strong enough to melt the snow,” says Stoss.

Experts: Climate change threatens winter sports in many regions

According to experts, climate change is threatening winter sports competitions in many regions. In the Olympic location of Cortina d’Ampezzo alone, the February temperature has risen by 3.6 degrees since the first Winter Games at this location in 1956, the non-profit US organization Climate Central in Princeton (New Jersey) reported in an overview on the occasion of the games. The number of frost days there has also decreased by 19 percent.