Olympics

Sports entities should avoid building new venues on natural sites, says IUCN 0
- HEADLINES
- March 13, 2019
Redeveloping existing venues or converting brownfield sites can mitigate negative impacts on biodiversity and present opportunities for enhancing the surrounding environment
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“We now ask cities what the Olympic Games can do for them, not what they can do for the Olympic Games”0
- LEADERS
- January 10, 2019
From positioning the Olympic Games as an opportunity to invest in sustainable development, to educating the Olympic Movement, it’s been a busy year for the IOC sustainability team. Marie Sallois and Michelle Lemaitre talk to The Sustainability Report
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Paris 2024 to ‘set new standards’ for sustainable sports events with zero carbon agenda 0
- HEADLINES
- December 13, 2018
Games concept will generate “around half the emissions” of previous Olympics due to limited construction, renewable energy and ‘green’ mobility
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Tokyo 2020 reviewing timber source code amid NGO criticism 0
- HEADLINES
- November 21, 2018
Games organisers seek advice from experts and NGOs, while Rainforest Action Network warns that timber could come from “tainted and illegal” sources
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How cities are using sport to accelerate sustainable development 0
- IN FOCUS
- November 2, 2018
Cities are increasingly using sports events – and sport generally – to strategically improve social, environmental and economic conditions. Dakar will have the opportunity to do the same ahead of the Youth Olympic Games in 2022
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First IOC Sustainability Report demonstrates stricter Host City criteria and NOC support 1
- HEADLINES
- October 9, 2018
Almost 18 months after publishing its inaugural Sustainability Strategy, the IOC reveals its progress on the road achieving 18 objectives by 2020
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