‘We’re not going for a picnic’: The Olympic teams hitting back against Paris’ no A/C green policy
The 2024 Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games are being touted as the ‘greenest’ ever with a target to cut emissions by more than half compared to London 2012 and Rio 2016. One of the ways organisers are hoping to slash the carbon footprint of the Games is by building the Athletes’ Village - where 10,500 Olympians and 4,400 Paralympians will stay this summer - without air conditioning. From cleaning up the River Seine to pedestrianising busy streets, Parisian Mayor Anne Hidalgo hoped the Games could accelerate the city’s green transition. “I want the Paris Games to be exemplary from an environme...