How much snow will the World Skiing Cup sponsor Audi melt?

Activists are calling on winter sports organizers to drop polluting sponsors as Europe's ski slopes bear the brunt. Winter sports sponsors including Audi and Equinor melt almost 2,000 square kilometers worth of snow a year with their carbon emissions, according to a new report.

For the first time, campaigners have formulated a way to measure the climate impact of major sponsorship deals with polluting industries.

The findings of the New Weather Institute think tank underscore an already glaring irony: winter sports are under threat from many of their biggest supporters. (Lottie Limb, More at euronews.com)