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This past July, all eyes were on Tokyo when over 10,000 Olympians from 206 nations descended on the city to make history. Despite a decrease in carbon emissions due to COVID-19 and fewer traveling spectators, the games still produced 2.3 million tons of CO2. In 2021, The International Olympic Committee (IOC) pledged to reduce […]
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It was well known that the Tokyo Olympics would be very hot, but it’s now shaping up to be the hottest games in history, and athletes are paying the price. Athletes have had to be routinely treated for heat exhaustion. A Russian tennis star said he could “die” in the suffocating heat and humidity and a […]
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You may recall our interview with Olympic skier Lindsey Vonn where she explained the threat that climate change poses to winter olympic sports like hers. Now that the Tokyo Summer Olympics are underway, it’s all the more evident that climate change will continue affecting summer sports in a similar fashion. In Tokyo specifically, where climate […]
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If you are like us, you are really looking forward to the summer Olympics! The Tokyo games are going to be the greenest ever — and that goes even for the beds that the athletes will sleep in. According to the Associated Press, the athletes’ bed frames will be made of super-strong cardboard that is […]
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The new year is just around the corner, and looking ahead, 2020 is going to be a doozy. But one thing we know everyone will be looking forward to is the summer Olympics, which begin on July 24th. They will be held in Tokyo and the organizers are promising, under the theme “Be better, together […]
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International athletic competitions are unifying events that allow nations to compete regardless of political or cultural differences and are a cornerstone of the global community. However, for competitions like the summer Olympics, climate change is becoming an undeniable issue that will force the world to reckon with our runaway greenhouse gas emissions that are […]
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