A nearly unreadable article in The Washington Post on Wed. titled "2℃ Beyond the Limit" about Qatar in general, and specifically it's preparation for the 2022 FIFA World Cup (soccer to us) inspired this post. This event normally held in July will be held in November in Doha, as that is the "coolest" month. Here is recent data from the article: The need to reschedule "became abundantly clear in late September, as Doha hosted the 2019 World Athletics Championships. It moved the start time for the women’s marathon to midnight Sept. 28. Water stations handed out sponges dipped in ice-cold water. First-aid responders outnumbered the contestants. But temperatures hovered around 90 degrees Fahrenheit and 28 of the 68 starters failed to finish, some taken off in wheelchairs."
Their "solution" is to pick a cooler month and air condition open spaces. They are cooling the outdoors where people are trying to live and work. In preparation for the 2022 event, they are constructing 8 (!!!!!!!) soccer stadiums. Truly this is an unconscionable use of carbon emitting construction in order to host crowds (emitting carbon to travel) to watch a game which could be played somewhere already capable of hosting this event.
I was unable to finish the article as is often the case when reading about our changing climate, degradation of our life raft, and aggressive denial and obstruction of (if not actual sabotage to) carbon reducing or removing activities.