Athletes' Village at the Paris Olympics.
Don't install air conditioning?
One stone stirs up a thousand waves.
This news quickly became a hot search.
According to the Paris Olympic Organizing Committee.
The move is aimed at "actively tackling climate change".
Achieve the goal of "halving carbon emissions".
However, as soon as the news came out.
It immediately aroused heated discussions among netizens around the world.
If there is no air conditioning.
It's summer. Athletes rest and train during competitions.
The state of the game. Can even health be guaranteed?
What's more, Euronews said on February 25.
According to a recent study.
During this summer's Olympic Games.
Paris could experience a heat wave that could last for weeks.
Even facing record-breaking extreme heat.
Therefore. A number of delegations have indicated that.
It is planned to install air conditioning for athletes at their own expense.
The Paris Olympics will be held in:
It will be held from July 26 to August 11 this year.
Well, during the game.
Will there be extreme heat events in Paris in the summer?
Is there no need for air conditioning in Western Europe?
Don't worry. Let the weather data do the talking!
Paris is the home of heat-related mortality in Europe.
One of the highest cities.
The latitude of Paris, France is higher than that of Harbin, China, and it belongs to the temperate oceanic climate, which is obviously affected by the warming effect of the mid-latitude westerly wind belt and the Atlantic warm current. The reporter inquired from the official website of the "Belt and Road" meteorological service that from the average climate data from 1991 to 2020, the average maximum temperature in Paris in July and August was 244 and 246. Combined with meteorological data and local living habits, for a long time in the past, the Western European region where Paris is located does not need to install air conditioning to cope with the summer.
The 30-year average climatological data from 1991 to 2020 show that the average maximum temperature in July and August in Paris was 244 and 246 *The official website of the Belt and Road Meteorological Service.
However, since the beginning of the 21st century, under the background of climate change, summer heat wave events in the northern hemisphere have become more and more frequent. According to the French public health agency, the number of deaths due to heat in France each summer since 2014 has been between 30,000 and 3Between 50,000. According to the surveillance report released by the French Public Health Agency, from June 1 to September 15, 2023, France suffered the fourth hottest summer since the 20th century, experiencing a total of 4 heat waves, affecting 73% of French residents, and more than 5,000 direct or indirect deaths due to high temperatures throughout the summer.
The highest monthly temperature recorded in Paris and the surrounding areas was 426 and 395 * Météo-France official website.
An analysis of a study published in March 2023 in the scientific journal The Lancet Planet Health said: "Several cities in France have the highest mortality rates in all of Europe when they experience extreme heatwaves. Another study in May last year found that Paris had the highest heat-related mortality rate among 854 European towns, with an average of 400 people dying each year from high temperatures. Paris has a 1 higher heat fatality rate than other European cities6 times.
Of course, in the past, air conditioning was not installed, and there were factors such as high electricity and labor costs in Paris. Overall, in recent years, the sales of air conditioners in Western Europe have increased significantly. "No air conditioning" seems to have gradually become a thing of the past in Paris where the installation rate of air conditioning in residential buildings was less than 10%.
Leads to an increased risk of high temperatures in Paris.
What is the reason?
As mentioned above, climate change is one of the reasons for the increased risk of high temperatures in Paris.
Not only in Paris, studies have shown that the entire European continent is the region with the fastest rate of global warming. According to Agence France-Presse, the European continent has warmed twice as fast as the global average since the 80s of the last century. Europe's 2022 temperatures were about 2 percent warmer than before they were industrial3 Record-breaking temperatures in France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom have been repeated.
The head of the Copernicus Climate Change Service said: "Unfortunately, this result is not a one-time and cannot be considered a sudden anomaly in the climate. Current knowledge of the climate system and its evolution tells us that this will become a pattern that will lead to more frequent and intense extreme heat events across the region. ”
The urban heat island effect is one of the reasons why Paris is more at risk of heat than the surrounding areas. The urban heat island effect is a phenomenon in which the temperature in the center of an urban city is higher than that of the surrounding suburbs or rural areas, and it is the result of a lack of vegetation or overurbanization. This phenomenon can lead to hotter summers for city dwellers, while also exacerbating a range of problems such as energy consumption and air pollution.
Compared to other French cities, Paris's urban buildings are tall and compact, affecting air circulation and generating more heat than in more open and vegetated areas.
There is nothing wrong with advocating for environmental protection.
But is it realistic?
In fact, the concept of low-carbon environmental protection advocated by the Paris Olympic Organizing Committee is understandable, but whether it is in line with reality is worthy of in-depth **.
During the competition, rest and training are essential for athletes to stay in good shape. Sports** experts believe that nighttime temperatures of 20 to 25 are the most conducive to the rest and recovery of athletes; High temperatures increase the consumption of athletes and increase the risk of injury.
In the face of the turbulent **, Nicolás Ferrande, the head of the construction company responsible for the construction of the Olympic Village, said at a press conference that if the house is air-conditioned, it will not be able to comply with the commitment to carbon neutrality. "The Olympic Village will adopt a natural cooling approach and build rooms that are cooler than the outside world,6 he claims." ”
Although the Paris Organising Committee said it was ready for measures to deal with heat waves and extreme weather, the "cooling system for cooling 6" did not seem to have won the trust of delegations in the face of a possible 40 percent heat risk.
So, if the delegation installs air conditioning at its own expense, does this practice contradict the environmental protection concept advocated by the Paris Olympics?
What do netizens think?
References: The Paper, Guangming**, etc.
*: China Meteorology.
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