Comprehensive analysis calls into question whether such resorts have a future as global heating intensifies
A quarter of European ski resorts will have scarce snow every other year with 2C of global heating, a comprehensive analysis has found. It calls into question whether such resorts have a future as the climate crisis intensifies.
The $30bn European ski industry hosts 80% of the world’s resorts, with more than a million day visits a year. The most recent ski season, with record-breaking warm winter weather closing ski slopes from Chamonix in France to Innsbruck in Austria. Prof Paul Peeters at Breda University in the Netherlands, who was not involved in the research, said: “The study delivers detailed input for policymakers, investors and the tourism sector, encouraging them to reconsider whether it is wise to maintain high dependency on winter tourism in certain areas.”, used data and models to assess snow cover at 2,234 resorts from Iceland to Turkey under 2C and 4C of warming.
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