In 2024, we will stage magnificent and meaningful Games that will set a new milestone in sporting history, in the city where Pierre de Coubertin first imagined the potential of a world united by sport.
Sustainability and legacy
Paris 2024 aims to host the most sustainable Games ever. Paris 2024 has developed a unique sustainability and legacy strategy fully aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals supported by WWF France, the Yunus Centre and UNICEF France. Its three pillars are sport at the heart of society, a more inclusive society and environmental excellence.
Crucially, Paris 2024 will endeavour to be the first Games fully aligned with the Paris Climate Agreement, leaving a positive legacy at local and international levels and a positive impact for sport.
It will have a ground-breaking emissions reduction strategy and aims to deliver a 55 percent smaller carbon footprint than the Olympic Games London 2012, widely seen as a reference for sustainable Games.
This commitment can be underpinned by the Paris 2024 clean transport policy, which includes:
- 100 percent of spectators travelling to the venues by public transport, bike or walking;
- Free access to the Paris transport system for Games ticket-holders;
- A zero emission bus fleet in service during the Games;
- France’s high-performance rail network linking 85 percent of larger French cities to Paris in under four hours, while also connecting Paris to many major European capitals;
- Paris is located within the heart of Europe, with many capital cities less than three hours away by rail or plane.
The Paris 2024 Olympic Village will be a showcase of sustainable development with low carbon and eco-designed buildings, using 100 percent renewable energy and having a zero waste policy strategy.
With 95 percent of venues already built or temporary structures, the environmental impact of any Games-related construction will be minimal. With 85 percent of competition venues situated less than 30 minutes from the Olympic Village, athletes’ travel times will be minimal, in zero emission vehicles. The Olympic Stadium will be just five minutes away from the Olympic Village.
The Paris 2024 Candidature Committee has been certified ISO 20121 and carbon neutral, thanks to its compensation policy.
Athlete's view
Q&A with Marie-Amélie Le Fur, para athletics
Marie-Amélie Le Fur is Co-Chair of the Paris 2024 Athletes’ Committee. She has won eight medals in the last two editions of the Paralympic Games.
“The Paris 2024 Games plan is not only designed to ensure a great athlete experience but also to ensure a lasting legacy for the community. The Aquatics Centre will be used as a new elite training centre and a recreational swimming facility, deeply needed in an area of Paris where 50 percent of children do not know how to swim. Beyond competition venues, EUR 100 million will be invested in local sports facilities, many of which will be used as training venues during the Games, ensuring the benefits of hosting the Games are shared with the whole host territory. A special focus will be put on improving these facilities to make them fully accessible. Finally, a key and invaluable impact of hosting the 2024 Games in Paris will be the change of mentality with respect to people with an impairment, not only within the sports community, but across the whole of French society.”
* Text, images and illustrations provided by Paris 2024
