Will the Olympics survive climate change?

According to a report by CNN based on CarbonPlan data, most of the world will be too hot to host the Olympic summer games by 2050. Cities that hosted the Olympics in the past won’t be able to host it again as they will experience temperatures above the safe humid limit in the coming decades. When temperatures are beyond 82.1- degrees F, experts recommend canceling sports events.

Extreme heat is a growing threat for elite athletes, with heat exhaustion and heatstroke cases becoming more common as CO2 emissions push temperature levels up. Spectators are also vulnerable to extreme heat, especially if they come from cooler climates. At the Tokyo Olympics, 1 in 100 athletes suffered heat-related illnesses, needing to be treated with cold water immersion or an ice bath onsite. Holding the summer games in the cities that pass the threshold would be a huge health risk for the athletes and spectators.

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