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In concrete terms, the expected carbon footprint of the 2024 Olympics is 1.6 Mt CO2 eq for 13 to 16 million visitors, or around 100 to 125 kg CO2 eq per person. This is relatively small compared with the average annual carbon footprint of a European person.
In the next few weeks, Aug. 5-21, the city of Rio de Janeiro is going to host the 31st Olympic Games. Like a mother preparing her home for 500,000 tourists, Rio has swept the city’s poverty under the rug by increasing police and army presence in favelas. As a result, part of the local population isn’t that anxious about the games. Militarized police presence and violence are only some of the issues that have affected the Afro-Brazilian population.