Games Village, Cycling Track, Carbon Footprints

For Games Wide Open, Paris 2024 has pledged to be responsible. A big task for Paris 2024 organisers is living up to its promise of reducing the carbon footprints by half in comparison to the previous Games. While the previous Summer Games emitted an average of 3.5 million tonnes of carbondioxide, Paris 2024, adopting a renewed approach — involving steps such as anticipate, avoid, reduce, offset and mobilise — has been working on not exceeding 1.5 million tonnes of emission. It is also encouraging its partners and suppliers to apply sustainability and limit their climate impact for 100% of Games purchases as part of its Responsible Procurement Strategy.” For those emissions that cannot be avoided, the Organising Committee has chosen to finance projects that will help combat global warming while providing co-benefits for local populations and biodiversity. More than 1,000 projects have shared in the €38.7 million of funding distributed since 2020.” Obviously, all these steps by Paris 2024 set a new benchmark not only for future Olympic Games but also for any big sporting events to be socially more responsible.