Five Ways Paris 2024 Is Delivering More Sustainable Games: Less, Better and for Longer by Olympic Committee

Paris 2024 is revolutionizing the Olympic Games by embracing sustainability like never before. Through five ingenious ways, the organizers are ensuring the Games leave a positive, lasting impact on the environment and society.

Discover how Paris 2024 is setting a new benchmark for sustainable sporting events and paving the way for a greener future.

Genres

Sports, Sustainability, Event Management, Environmental Conservation, Innovation, Urban Planning, Social Responsibility, International Relations, Tourism, Legacy

“Less, Better and for Longer: Five Ways Paris 2024 Is Delivering More Sustainable Games” by the Olympic Committee delves into the innovative strategies adopted by Paris 2024 to host the most sustainable Olympic Games ever.

The book highlights five key areas where the organizers are making significant strides: reducing the Games’ environmental footprint, optimizing existing infrastructure, promoting sustainable transportation, engaging local communities, and creating a lasting positive legacy.

By minimizing waste, utilizing renewable energy sources, and encouraging eco-friendly practices, Paris 2024 aims to set a new standard for sustainability in large-scale events. The book emphasizes the importance of collaboration among stakeholders, including the government, businesses, and citizens, to achieve these ambitious goals.

Review

“Less, Better and for Longer” offers a comprehensive look at Paris 2024’s commitment to sustainability. The Olympic Committee provides a well-structured and engaging narrative that showcases the innovative approaches being implemented. The book’s strength lies in its detailed exploration of the five key strategies, supported by real-world examples and data.

It effectively communicates the urgency of addressing environmental challenges and the potential for sporting events to drive positive change. However, the book could have benefited from more critical analysis of the challenges and potential drawbacks of these sustainability initiatives.

Nevertheless, it serves as an inspiring guide for future event organizers and demonstrates the Olympic Movement’s leadership in promoting sustainable practices. “Less, Better and for Longer” is a must-read for anyone interested in the intersection of sports, sustainability, and event management.

Recommendation

Even before the 2024 Summer Olympics opened in Paris, organizers shared their goal of staging a conscientious, restrained event that meets environmental expectations and leaves little waste behind. This article, which the International Olympic Committee (IOC) published to celebrate Earth Day 2024, smashes a negative presumption about previous host cities and outlines lessons for future host cities. The IOC proposes a strategy that respects the global call for responsibility, sustainability, and inclusivity. It hopes that Paris 2024 can provide a blueprint for smarter, more environmentally savvy Olympic Games.

Take-Aways

• The games of the XXXIII Olympiad will cut the Olympics’ usual carbon footprint in half.
• Paris 2024 seeks to create a lasting legacy of doing more with less.
• French authorities plan to use the Paris Games to achieve long-term, local improvements.

Summary

The games of the XXXIII Olympiad will cut the Olympics’ usual carbon footprint in half.

In the weeks leading to the 33rd Olympiad, organizers established a carbon budget that considers the Game’s carbon output at every stage, from planning through construction, energy systems, transportation, food services, purchasing, and production.

“Paris 2024 will offer the first Olympic Games aligned with the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, adopted in 2015.”

As the International Olympic Committee points out, organizers are meticulously inventorying the event’s resources and innovations to avoid generating carbon emissions. They anticipate reducing the Games’ carbon footprint by half. For example, they are using renewable energy throughout the event, minimizing the use of generators, and powering any generators that are necessary with biofuel, hydrogen gas, or batteries instead of diesel.

To reduce local commuting, 80% of the Games’ venues are located within ten kilometers of the Olympic Village. The Games will also reinforce existing public transport networks with added bus, metro, and train services and 400 kilometers of new bike lanes. Toyota is providing electric, hybrid, and hydrogen powered vehicles in an optimized fleet with some 40% fewer vehicles than in past Games.

Paris 2024 seeks to create a lasting legacy of doing more with less.

The summer Games have cataloged all the materials that will be needed and adopted a broad strategic policy of using fewer resources and more reusable materials than previous Olympics. For example, 95% of competition venues are temporary buildings or were built before the Olympics. Three-quarters of the tents, computer equipment, and sports equipment are rented or are being provided by sports federations.

“Paris 2024’s circular economy strategy is based on three key principles: organizing the Games with fewer resources, making better use of these resources, and ensuring the second life of resources after the Games.”

Ultimately, the Games’ partners will reclaim and reuse 90% of its six million assets postgame, with the remaining 10% earmarked for a meaningful second life.

The “Food Vision” program will deliver 13 million meals during the Olympics and Paralympics. It will cut emissions, halve the use of single use plastics, and emphasize plant-based cuisine, nearby food sourcing, smart quantity estimating, and composting.

French authorities plan to use the Paris Games to achieve long-term, local improvements.

The Olympic Village neighborhood currently has an unemployment rate of more than 20%. The Games hope to bring about multiple improvements in the area, leaving an aquatics center for local children and a dynamic residential and business district — the revamped Village — with office space for 6,000 people and apartments for 6,000 more, including students and low-income workers. Other upgrades will include better electricity lines and traffic buffers, as well as improvements along the Canal Saint-Denis and the River Seine.

About the Author

The International Olympic Committee is the guardian of the Olympic Games and the leader of the Olympic Movement. It collaborates with all Olympic stakeholders, including the athletes, the National Olympic Committees, the International Federations, the Organizing Committees for the Olympic Games, the Worldwide Olympic Partners, media rights holders, and public and private authorities, such as the United Nations.