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Additionally, we have recently taken on a leadership role in the new UN Sports for Climate Action Initiative, which was launched by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) at the recent Climate Change Summit in Poland (COP24). In this capacity, we will support the signatories in understanding and implementing the guiding principles of the Initiative. To support the Initiative, we have released two practical guides: “Carbon Footprint Methodology for the Olympic Games and Paralymic Games”, as well as “Sports for Climate Action” addressed to the Olympic Movement at large. We have so far secured active participation from nine International Federations, three of our commercial partners (TOPs), a number of National Olympic Committees, and Ichinomiya town in Japan, which will host surfing competitions during the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020. We are building on this momentum. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is helping us avoid any potential negative impacts of sport and the Olympic Games on nature, while identifying ways in which the Olympic Movement can play an active role in nature conservation.
Sustainability at the IOC
Of course, the IOC as an organisation also has a responsibility to ‘walk the talk’ on sustainability. We treat this responsibility very seriously.
Olympic House – our new headquarters currently being built in Lausanne – will serve as a collaborative space for the Olympic Movement at large and is on track to achieve the highest international sustainability certifications.
We also have an innovative carbon mitigation programme in place, thanks to our Official Carbon Partner Dow, that goes well beyond balancing our own operational footprint.
For more information, visit the sustainability page on olympic.org.