KATOWICE, Poland: The world of sports must join the effort to tame global warming, and the International Olympic Committee intends to lead the way, it said on Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila) at UN climate talks in Katowice, Poland.
At the 195-nation negotiations, the IOC and UN launched an initiative aimed to line up verifiable commitments from sports federations and clubs to cut carbon pollution in line with the Paris Agreement. That calls for capping the rise in Earth’s temperature “well below” two degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit), and at 1.5 C if possible.
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