extensive changes in the atmosphere, oceans, frozen regions, and living ecosystems. 12 Global warming and climate change more generally have prompted an increase in extreme weather events worldwide with dramatic, negative impacts on human communities and entire ecosystems. 12 The multiple negative health
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Understanding the Relationships Between Physical Activity and Climate Change: An Umbrella Review
Milena Franco Silva, Ana Luiza Favarão Leão, Áine O’Connor, Pedro C Hallal, Ding Ding, Erica Hinckson, Tarik Benmarhnia, and Rodrigo Siqueira Reis
Exploring the Interplay Between Climate Change, 24-Hour Movement Behavior, and Health: A Systematic Review
Eun-Young Lee, Seiyeong Park, Yeong-Bae Kim, Mikyung Lee, Heejun Lim, Amanda Ross-White, Ian Janssen, John C. Spence, and Mark S. Tremblay
In July 2023, the United Nations Secretary-General announced that the world is entering a “global boiling” stage. 1 This assertion is supported by the mounting evidence of climate change that has been visible worldwide. Rising global temperatures continue to break records, leading to more frequent
Assessing Support for Policy Actions With Co-Benefits for Climate Change and Physical Activity in Canada
Matthew J. Fagan, Leigh M. Vanderloo, Ananya Banerjee, Leah J. Ferguson, Eun-Young Lee, Norman O’Reilly, Ryan E. Rhodes, John C. Spence, Mark S. Tremblay, and Guy Faulkner
An urgent need exists to address climate change. 1 , 2 The next decade is crucial in efforts to limit the temperature increase to ≤1.5° Celsius. 1 Climate change has far-reaching impacts on various social and environmental determinants of health, and is projected to contribute globally to
Skiing Uphill: A Sport Ecology Case Study to Save the Snow
Beth D. Solomon and Sarah Stokowski
number of hurricanes, floods, droughts, and wildfires (e.g., Botzen et al., 2019 ). In addition, the snowpack on mountains is decreasing (e.g., Croce et al., 2018 ; Javadinejad et al., 2020 ). Climate change has posed a risk to the sport of skiing due to the “decreased reliability of natural snow
Do We Need Esports Ecology? Comparisons of Environmental Impacts Between Traditional Sport and Esports
Walker J. Ross and Wil Fisackerly
Thanks in part to scientific efforts like those of the most recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report ( Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2021 ), there is an abundance of information on the threat that climate change poses to humanity, our societies, and planet. While reports
What the Physical Activity Community Can Do for Climate Action and Planetary Health?
Rodrigo Reis, Ruth F. Hunter, Leandro Garcia, and Deborah Salvo
The philosopher Francis Bacon said that “in order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.” The release of the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 1 and the 2021 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change 2 has made
Assessing Climate Suitability of Three Cities for the 2027 Women’s World Cup
Madeleine Orr and Walker J. Ross
climate capacity to host winter sports ( McGrath, 2020 ). The sixth assessment report released in August 2021 by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) indicated that climate change will only accelerate the frequency and severity of hazards such as storms, wildfires, and heat waves in the
Physical Literacy in the Context of Climate Change: Is There a Need for Further Refinement of the Concept?
Johannes Carl, Karim Abu-Omar, Paquito Bernard, Julia Lohmann, Peta White, Jacqui Peters, Shannon Sahlqvist, Jiani Ma, Michael Duncan, and Lisa M. Barnett
approaches 4 , 5 ) and call for political action across different sectors. In recent years, research on physical activity (PA) and sport has more strongly dealt with questions of climate change. 6 , 7 For instance, articles were published on its effects on individual PA behavior, 8 , 9 and active travel
Economic Freedom, Climate Culpability, and Physical Activity Indicators Among Children and Adolescents: Report Card Grades From the Global Matrix 4.0
Eun-Young Lee, Patrick Abi Nader, Salomé Aubert, Silvia A. González, Peter T. Katzmarzyk, Asaduzzaman Khan, Wendy Y. Huang, Taru Manyanga, Shawnda Morrison, Diego Augusto Santos Silva, and Mark S. Tremblay
currently existing benchmarks do not directly address macrolevel factors related to climatic features per se (eg, weather, climate change indicators), previous rounds of Global Matrix data 2 , 3 as well as the data derived from Global Matrix 4.0 1 , 4 offer an opportunity to investigate some multilevel
Holding World Leaders Accountable for Climate Change—and Public Health—Commitments Through Individual Active Transportation Efforts
Tom Kane
Recently, the editors of a number of major medical journals published a joint editorial referring to the continued failure of world leaders to follow through on climate change commitments as the greatest threat to global public health, and they urge that action and not just commitments needs to be
