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2026 Winter Olympics Could Wipe Out 3,000 Ice Rinks Worth of Snow: Report
The Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, scheduled to take place from February 6 to 22, 2026, in northern Italy, face criticism over their climate impact, particularly due to sponsorship deals with high-carbon companies, according to a new report.
Rome, 16 Jan (EFE).- The Olympic Winter Games in Milan-Cortina 2026 will generate about 930,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, to which 1.3 million are linked to sponsorships, which will mean a total loss of 5.5 square kilometers of snow, equivalent to more than 3,000 hockey tracks, according to the New Weather Institute. In the report entitled “Olympic Games on Fire. How the Winter Olympic Games, by serving as a platform for the poll…
That's what you call sawing off the branch you're sitting on. Less than three weeks before the Winter Olympics, a report published on January 18 shows that the competition risks accelerating the melting of snow and mountain glaciers. According to the two authoring organizations—Scientists for Global Responsibility and the New Weather Institute—the 2026 Winter Games in Milan-Cortina are expected to generate approximately 930,000 tons of CO₂ equiv…
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