Leading climate experts and ski enthusiasts are urging organisers of the FIS Alpine World Championships in Narvik 2029 to demonstrate sustainability during the event.

In his last Winter Olympic report, Matt Rendell looks to Olympic venues Bormio and Livigno to demonstrate the negative legacy the games will leave behind.

In 2024, as hundreds of ancient larch trees were felled for the new Cortina bobsleigh run, celebrated concert cellist Mario Brunello took his cello to the scene, and played a requiem to the dying forests.

Against the backdrop of high-carbon sponsors headlining the Winter Olympics, the Alps are facing heavy industrialisation. In his latest Winter Olympics report, Matt Rendell explores the ramifications behind the development of this iconic landscape.

As the Winter Olympics comes to a close, the town of Cortina seems to be enjoying the fanfare of the games. However town councillor Roberta De Zanna tells a very different story.

Designated as “an essential construction” by regional governments, the Santagiulia arena has caused upset amongst the community. From Milan, Matt Rendell reports on the controversies and failed promises surrounding the Olympic Ice Hockey venue.

The latest report from Matt Rendell dives into the transformation of Milan’s ‘Ice Palace’, an-ex ice sports venue that’s been reimagined for music and cultural celebration. Join him to explore why culturally-significant venues should be embraced rather than forgotten in the wake of needless new construction

Sponsors of the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics include the mega polluter ENI. This sole sponsorship deal with the oil and gas giant is estimated to produce ~700,000 tCO2e. That’s nearly double the emissions of other high carbon sponsors at the games. From Milan, Matt Rendell reports on ongoing legal battles against ENI’s polluting practices.

The Winter Olympics has a big precedent to make the world a better place - as the banning of tobacco sponsorship at the 1988 Winter Games shows us. So why are the Winter Games still platforming companies melting the snow they depend on?

The Winter Olympics has a big precedent to make the world a better place - as the banning of tobacco sponsorship at the 1988 Winter Games shows us. So why are the Winter Games still platforming companies melting the snow they depend on?

Amongst the host of polluting sponsors at the 2026 Winter Olympics, Leonardo - one of the world’s biggest arms manufacturers - is a key partner and equipment provider for the Games. In his latest report Matt Rendell questions where this leaves the spirit of the Olympic truce.

In our latest report on the ground at the Winter Olympics, Matt Rendell introduces the Utopiads - a four day sustainable alternative to the Games.

The Winter Olympics have briefly put Milan in the global spotlight—but what will the Games actually leave behind? In Matt Rendell’s latest report, he exposes how speculative developers have used the Olympics as cover to build luxury apartments.

The Olympics aren’t just about sport. Since Milan’s last Olympic bid for the 2004 Games, influential groups have harnessed cultural and sporting mega-events to attract people of high net worth to invest in the city - all while neglecting the needs of ordinary residents. 

The Winter Olympics have begun with protests across Milan. On Thursday Greenpeace unveiled a sculpture of the Olympic rings drenched in oil, symbolising the Games’ partnership with mega polluter ENI.

In his third report from Italy’s Olympic and climate frontlines, Matt Rendell explains how a huge amount of construction has gone into the 2026 Winter Olympics, much of it entirely unnecessary.

The Opening Ceremony of the twenty-fifth Olympic Winter Games weren’t held at a winter sport venue, but instead the event took place at the San Siro football Stadium - a site not without controversy.

Welcome to the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics; a festival of international sport in the middle of a global climate crisis that puts athletes, fans and sport itself at risk. Yet the Games are sponsored by a car-maker, an international airline and Italy’s biggest oil company. It’s a paradox.

The 2026 Winter Olympics start tomorrow, at a time when pollution-fuelled global heating is putting the whole of winter sport in crisis. Join Matt Rendell as he reports from Italy for the New Weather Institute and the Cool Down Network.

No snow means no winter sports - and this means no future for the Winter Olympics. The companies sponsoring the Winter Olympics melt the very snow we depend on. Now it’s time to stop promoting polluters - today and for all future winter sports.