The organising committee of Paris 2024 has vowed to make it the greenest Games in Olympic history, with half the carbon footprint of London 2012 and Rio 2016.
London 2012 had an estimated carbon footprint of 3.3 million tonnes, while Rio 2016 had a total estimated footprint of 3.6 million tonnes of carbon.
The 2024 Games will be held in the same city where world leaders met in 2015 to sign a number of commitments to prevent global temperatures rising by more than 1.5 degrees Celsius and there will be lots of attention on sustainability efforts.
President of the International Olympic Committee, IOC, Thomas Bach, says from tables made out of shuttlecocks to plant-based menus, Paris 2024 have announced a number of initiatives that will help them reach their targets.
Bach, says climate change represents an “extremely serious threat, not only for sport, but for all our lives.
Thomas Bach.
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