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A landfill was turned into greenery and a mountain bike trail was transformed. With the help of 1.4 billion euros – more than the cost of the Linz Westring – a river was (somewhat) clean again after a hundred years. During the construction of the 2800 apartments in the Olympic Village, CO2 emissions were reduced by 47 percent thanks to the use of wood, transport by ship and geothermal energy for heating and cooling. And so on and so forth. It goes so far that the author of these lines is given vegan food from regional cultivation every day in the press center.
Are the games perfect from a green perspective? No, that would be going too far. The efforts made are certainly steps in the right direction – and are remarkable.
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Paris has set itself an ambitious goal: to cause only half as many CO2 emissions as at the games in London and Rio de Janeiro. In addition to many praiseworthy measures – such as the use of electric mobility on site – the large amount of travel (by plane) remains a major weak point.
What cannot be avoided should be compensated for: the Games even want to have a positive carbon footprint from 2030. However, compensation models are controversial, and “climate-positive” major events are a sham. Like the Olympic Games, they cannot be considered “green” per se. Paris is certainly a role model, but when it comes to the climate crisis, honesty is needed.
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