For the upcoming Summer Olympics, Paris decided that, for the sake of Climate Change, they were not going to be installing Air Conditioning in the Olympic Village, but instead use fans, pumping cold water, and other methods for cooling.
In response, at a minimum the German, Australian, Italian, Canadian, British and now American all said "Screw that, we're just going to bring our own portable AC units with us"
Apparently the governments of all those countries consider athletic performance more important than "saving the planet". Who would have guessed?
Because it's good to have a number of human achievement hierarchies, including the non-intellectual kind. It's also good for people to want to be fit and reach their bodies' potential, so celebrating activities along those lines is beneficial for healthy society.