‘Every 0.1C’ of overshoot above 1.5C increases risk of crossing tipping points
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The Paris 2024 Olympics are likely to be hottest ever, with the organisers attempting to mitigate impacts from the likely heatwaves.
Carbon Brief analysis shows that the greenhouse gas emissions from these Games are expected to be less than half of those from London 2012.
The Paris organisers have explicitly set a carbon budget of 1.75m tonnes of CO2 equivalent (which is half of the average of London 2012 and Rio 2016) and, according to their latest estimates, they are set to meet this target with total emissions coming in at 1.58m tonnes.
Organisers said they had aimed to reduce emissions through use of temporary and low-carbon construction materials, as well as by encouraging sustainable travel.
