Athletes call for climate adaptation fightback ahead of COP30


Slogans are projected by Greenpeace activists onto Brazil's National Congress to urge COP30 negotiators to protect forests and the Amazon as part of efforts to combat the climate crisis, in Brasilia, Brazil, October 11, 2025. REUTERS/Adriano Machado

LONDON (Reuters) -Climate change is one of the toughest opponents facing any athlete, warns Brazilian soccer player Tamires Dias, one of around 40 elite sportsmen and women involved in the launch of a new global campaign that will feature at next month's COP30 summit in her country.

Dias, who played in two Women's World Cups, has been joined by the likes of NBA player DeAndre Jordan, Brazilian surfer Maya Gabeira, Romanian Olympic swimmer David Popovici and former England soccer player Raheem Sterling to support Adapt2Win.

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