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Impacts of climate change on organized sport: A scoping review

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Orr, Madeleine, Inoue, Yuhei, Seymour, Russell, Dingle, Greg·2022·WIREs Climate Change
DOI 10.1002/wcc.760
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The relationship between sport and the environment has been primarily examined to understand how sport impacts the natural environment. However, as the influence of climate change has become more apparent, there is a need to establish a systematic understanding of the impacts of climate change on the operations of sport. The aim of this review is to take stock of existing literature on climate change's impacts on organized competitive sport entities, with further attention paid to their adaptation efforts. A scoping review was conducted to identify relevant studies published between 1995 and 2021. After evaluating more than 2100 publications, we retained 57 articles and analyzed them to answer the research questions: (1) What evidence is available regarding the impacts of climate change on the operation of organized competitive sport entities? (2) What is known from the literature about the measures taken by organized competitive sport entities to adapt to the impacts of climate change? Our analysis yielded five major themes: (1) Heat impacts on athlete and spectator health; (2) heat impacts on athlete performance; (3) adaptive measures taken in sport; (4) suitability of various cities for event hosting; and (5) benchmarking and boundary conditions. This review reveals that there is evidence of some climate change impacts on sport, but the literature reflects only a small share of the global sport sector. Equally, much remains to be understood about the nature of adaptation. This article is categorized under: Assessing Impacts of Climate Change > Evaluating Future Impacts of Climate Change

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Authors
Orr, M., Inoue, Y., Seymour, R., & Dingle, G.
Affiliations
  • Loughborough University (GB)
  • Manchester Metropolitan University (GB)
  • The British Association for Sustainable Sport Reading UK
  • La Trobe University (AU)
Corresponding author
Orr, Madeleine
ORCID
Venue
WIREs Climate Change
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2022-01-25
Volume
13
Issue
3
ISSN
  • 1757-7780 (ISSN-L)
  • 1757-7799
DOI
10.1002/wcc.760
OpenAlex
W4210729794
Cited by
122
References
2
Citations by year
2026: 40 · 2025: 32 · 2024: 22 · 2023: 22 · 2022: 6
FWCI
25.96
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
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  • Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal (publishedVersion)
  • e-space (Manchester Metropolitan University) (acceptedVersion)
  • Figshare (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • Loughborough University Research Repository (Loughborough University) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • La Trobe University
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Sport and Mega-Event Impacts
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Physical Education and Sports Studies
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis › Climate Change and Health Impacts
Keywords
climate change impacts, heat stress, athlete health, athletic performance, sport and environment

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