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The Olympic rings are visible at the Roucas Blanc Marina constructed for the upcoming summer Olympic Games in Marseille, southern France, April 2, 2024
LEADING athletes and climate scientists have warned that extreme heat will make it “impossible” to hold the Olympics during the summer months in future amid fears of dangerous conditions at this year’s Paris Games.
A group of Olympians collaborated with climate scientists and heat physiologists from the University of Portsmouth to assess the threat that warming temperatures could pose for athletes.
In a report, published today, they warned that intense heat at the Paris Olympics in July-August 2024 could lead to competitors collapsing and in worst-case scenarios dying during the Games.
When it comes to extreme weather events, from wildfires to flash floods, it’s firefighters who are on the front line of defence, but services have been cut to the bone, and government is not taking seriously its responsibility for the environment, says STEVE WRIGHT
