On the occasion of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the WWF reminds us of “the records not to be broken”

The World Wide Fund for Nature, WWF, warns of climate “records” set around the world in 2023 and calls for them not to be broken during the Paris Games.

The WWF, fworld fund for nature, launches a new awareness campaign on the climate emergency on the occasion of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The nature protection association warns of “the records” climate, established worldwide in 2023, “not to be beaten”.

“While the world holds its breath in anticipation of the future exploits of international athletes gathered in France for the Paris 2024 Games, there are records that do not benefit from the same exposure: climate records,” deplores the NGO, calling for action for the planet. “More than 77 countries have broken a climate record in 2023. There are records that should not be broken”launches the WWF.

In the campaign clip, sports journalist Nelson Monfort comments in the manner of a sports competition on images of the forest fires in Greece last summer – the largest in European history -, the floods in Mozambique in February caused by the longest cyclone ever observed in the world, Paris in September during the hottest autumn ever recorded in France, and other images of the record consequences of climate change in 2023 in Pakistan, China, Brazil, and the DRC. “The world is breaking too many climate records. Together, we can change the situation”we can read in conclusion of the spot.