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"The Paris Olympics have put Brisbane back in the spotlight as host of the 2032
Olympic and Paralympic Games. The plans for 2032 make one thing clear: these
games will be different.
Brisbane is the first city required by its contract with the International
Olympic Committee (IOC) to host a climate-positive games. This means the “the
carbon savings they create will exceed the potential negative impacts of their
operations”, the IOC says. It’s a major shift in how sustainable the games are
expected to be.
The Brisbane 2032 organisers’ strong focus on including the regions and legacy
planning also distinguishes these games from past events. Brisbane isn’t
looking for just a glossy four-week city show. The aim is to boost the broader
region with future-focused, sustainable facilities and infrastructure. These
will have lasting social, environmental and economic benefits.
The climate crisis is a challenge of unprecedented proportions. If these games
serve as a much-needed push for Brisbane – and the rest of the world – to do
more, then we can only be thankful.
But activities such as building the infrastructure for the event and
transporting the athletes and their specialist equipment from around the world
will create huge greenhouse gas emissions. Hosting a global sporting event that
removes more carbon from the atmosphere than it emits will be no mean feat.
Indeed, 2021 Swiss research found recent games failed to achieve their
ambitions to become more sustainable – though Sydney did relatively well in
2000."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
