Sustainability is already on the agenda and it needs to be in a country that sends three cricket teams on tour every winter
With no live sport to watch or play, exercise has never been more precious. Those minutes of freedom, an uncurling away from bad posture on the sofa, lifting the spirits and boosting the heart rate. But, as you slurp your morning lungfuls of air, have your noticed a change? Think the sky has looked a more perfect cornflower, noticed the stars shining a little brighter?
You would be right on all three, the falling levels of air pollution a tiny silver lining to our dreadful predicament. Yet air pollution also has a more sinister role in the coronavirus story.
Written by Tanya Aldred
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2020/apr/29/unexpected-timeout-offers-global-sport-overdue-major-climatic-rethink-cricket-euro-2020 under the title “Unexpected timeout offers global sport chance to tackle its pollution problem | Tanya Aldred”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
