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In a significant blow to the wine industry, France is set to experience its lowest wine output in decades, with predictions indicating a dramatic 50% drop in champagne production this year. The country’s agriculture ministry attributed this decline to the severe summer heatwaves and prolonged droughts, which have recently scorched vineyards.

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Wildfires near Bordeaux are highlighting severe climate challenges impacting France’s largest wine-producing region. Amid persistent drought and rising temperatures, producers are experiencing one of the earliest harvests on record.

We develop a framework for assessing, and achieving, sustainable events from a climate change perspective using welfare economics and the principle of shared responsibility. We apply this framework to two case-studies as illustrative examples: an ex-ante analysis of the 2026 FIFA World Cup and an ex-post analysis of the 2024 Coldplay European tour. Our estimates…