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Less meat on menus and fewer new venues: How the Olympics are trying to go green
Paris event organisers pledge to halve greenhouse gas emissions from London and Rio levels.
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The Paris organisers say their aim is to put on a spectacular show, even as they engineer an event that consumes fewer materials and less energy.
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Attracta Mooney, Jana Tauschinski and Leila Abboud
No more diesel generators to power live broadcasts, less meat on the athletes’ menus, and very little construction of new venues – the organisers of the Paris Olympic Games want to prove that the world’s biggest sporting event can go green.
It will be a test not just of the French capital’s eco-credentials, but also the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) ambition to host sustainable mega-events in an era of climate change. For the Games, which start on July 26, Paris has pledged to cut greenhouse gas emissions by half, compared with the levels at London in 2012 and Rio de Janeiro in 2016.
