Tokyo 2020 is on track to be carbon-neutral, the IOC insists, and it describes itself as a carbon-neutral organisation alreadyThe International Olympic Committee (IOC) has committed to planting an “Olympic Forest” to offset more than 100 per cent of its “unavoidable” carbon emissions. The Olympic Forest will be part of the United Nations-backed Great Green Wall initiative to restore degraded landscapes across the Sahel region in Africa, which lies between the Sahara desert and the Sudanian savanna. A “climate-positive Olympic Games”In addition to offsetting IOC emissions, the Olympic Forest will offer long-term social and biodiversity benefits, it is claimed. The region’s population is expected to grow sharply in the coming years, and the Great Green Wall is designed to improve food security. As part of the IOC’s Olympic Agenda 2020+5, the organisation will look to stage climate-positive Olympic Games in future.

Source: The Nation May 14, 2021 23:02 UTC