Syracuse Sun

Paris is preparing to implement green initiatives for the 2024 Olympics, but some of these measures may encounter difficulties. One notable issue is the absence of air conditioning for athletes, which is causing disruptions.

Matthew Huber, a professor of geography and the environment at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, commented on the situation. "As long as well-meaning ‘green’ policies continue to foreground taking away modern comforts, they will generate angry backlash (and in this case the opposite effect of more emissions as countries inefficiently seek to keep their athletes cool in an uncoordinated fashion). This is not unrelated to the electoral losses Greens endured in the recent EU elections (and could hit France itself soon)."

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