The Legacy and Sustainability plan for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games — 104 HARNESSING SPORT TO COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE There is more to the environmental transformation Paris 2024 therefore pledges to harness the Games, than just technical solutions – it primarily the largest sporting event in the world, involves our behaviour and value system. to mobilise and encourage its ecosystem to take The Games unite 4 billion viewers, 13.5 million environmental action. We know we can count spectators, 15,000 athletes and 206 nations. on the unifying momentum of the Games The scale of the Games makes it a unique to encourage the entire Committee, the sporting opportunity to align stakeholders and get movement, our stakeholders and our partner a message across to billions of people. marketing companies to work alongside us. PARIS 2024 TEAMS UP WITH THE UNFCCC "SPORTS FOR CLIMATE ACTION" INITIATIVE AT THE COP24 At the 24th Conference of the Parties to the to five principles: United Nations Framework Convention 1. Promote greater environmental on Climate Change (COP24), Paris 2024 responsibility announced it would join forces with 2. Reduce the overall climate impact of the United Nations Framework Convention sporting events on Climate Change (UNFCCC) ‘Sports for Climate Action’ initiative, which aims 3. Educate for climate action to encourage the world of sport to reduce its 4. Promote sustainable and responsible greenhouse gas emissions related to organising consumption sports competitions. 5. Advocate for climate action through Participants in the initiative commit to adhere communication HARNESSING SPORT TO PROTECT BIODIVERSITY Similar to climate action, protecting biodiversity through developments rooted in the involves more than merely reducing environmental landscape while supplying or offsetting the environmental impacts ecosystem goods. This commitment has been of competition venues. Paris 2024 wants to make worked on since the bid stage alongside people aware of what biodiversity represents the move towards carbon neutrality. as a whole. The organisation of the Games must spearhead clear, comprehensive civic Paris 2024 therefore aims to: information and environmental regeneration. • help promote respect for biodiversity The fact that sport and biodiversity both contribute to people’s wellbeing makes this in professional and amateur sport; a particularly relevant commitment – they • harness sport, particularly outdoor sports, improve health and wellbeing and can bolster to mobilise people to protect and regenerate the resilience of regions and urban areas biodiversity.