The challenge of playing soccer in a warmer world is being explored, considered and studied by the Columbia Climate School and a special guest at a recent workshop/webinar was the champion American female soccer player, Samantha Mewis (pictured).

She talked about what it was like to play such a physically demanding sport in a warmer world, the demands the increasing temperatures put on players and what techniques were being used to counter this dilemma.

Delivering the keynote address was Lamont Associate Research Professor and climate scientist at Columbia University, Radley Horton, who currently researches climate vulnerability, extreme weather events, the limitations of climate models, and adaptation to climate change.

You can see a recording of the event here.