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2024 Paris Olympics to be greenest ever with pledge to half carbon footprint pledge
The 2024 Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games – slated for July – will be the greenest ever event with a pledge to halve the event’s carbon footprint compared to the average of previous Summer Games, according to the World Economic Forum.
Planning the “most sustainable” games will mean limiting emissions to around 1.75 million tons of CO2. Previous summer Olympics, which include Tokyo 2020, Rio 2016 and London 2012, have emitted an average of 3.5 million tons of CO2, the Paris 2024 Organizing Committee said.
Paris 2024 hopes to harness the potential of sport as an effective driver of the environmental transition and to thereby rally together everyone involved the Games – employees, partners, the sport movement, and also citizens – in this process.
To do so, Paris 2024 has launched its own “Climate Coach”, an app designed to help its employees recognize and reduce their personal and professional carbon footprint.
Paris 2024 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.
In addition to avoiding and reducing emissions, the Paris 2024 sustainability strategy will incorporate offsets, investing in environmental and social projects around the world.
Paris 2024 has also pledged to double the amount of plant-based food it serves and halve the amount of single-use plastic used, to cut carbon emissions and reduce waste.
Other sustainable features of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games include 1,000km of cycle lanes and 200,000 new trees in the streets.
The Paris Tourist Office says 3,000 more pay-as-you-go bikes are being made available, and most Olympic venues are accessible by public transport. Around 15 million visitors are expected to visit Paris during the Olympics.
Athletes will sleep on mattresses made from recycled fishing nets and bed bases from reinforced cardboard.
For biodiversity, rooftops have been built with enclosures and openings to house insects and birds. And almost 9,000 trees have been planted around the athletes’ village to attract different species.
The organizers seek ensuring a second life for the Games’ furniture and equipment in France when possible, and encouraging more sustainable behavior.
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