Milano Cortina 2026: Warming Winter Olympics
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Provided by: Climate Central|Published on: February 21, 2026
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Synopsis
- This collection of data visualizations and a video from Climate Central demonstrates how February and March temperatures have risen in Northern Italy, the host of the 2026 Winter Olympics.
- Students will understand how global temperature rise impacts a city’s potential to host the Winter Olympics, why rising temperatures are not ideal for these events moving forward, and the potential impacts of future warming.
Subjects: Earth and Space Sciences
Authors: Climate Central
Region: Europe, Global
Languages: English
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Positives
- This resource demonstrates how climate change is impacting many things, including culture.
- The graphics are engaging and easy to read.
Prerequisites
- Though there is an option to toggle the video to a Spanish version, this does not appear to work.
- Students should understand that temperature increase is a result of climate change.
Differentiation & Implementation
- As a class, teachers can play the video. Then, teachers can separate students into groups, with each group getting a different graphic to analyze. Students can then swap graphics with another group and discuss what they saw compared to the other groups.
- With this knowledge in mind, students can discuss how climate change can also have impacts on the economies that rely on winter activities and tourism for those activities.
- Students can use this information to inspire art pieces that depict a world where it is too warm for winter sports and the Winter Olympics.
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