weather conditions as rainfall, snow, ice or extreme heat made matches impossible.On average, every amateur football club in the country is hit with five cancellations or postponements each season because of severe weather.This rises to an average of seven matches in Wales, the most affected area of the UK, according to the research from The Climate Coalition to mark the start of Great Big Green Week.Experts now fear that without a clearer Government plan on how to tackle climate change, participation in the amateur game could dry up within 60 years.Extreme weather has been linked to changes in the climate by experts at The Met Office and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.Fiona Dear, Head of Campaigns at The Climate Coalition,.
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