a games fit for the future in the heart of historic paris, with a promise to be the most sustainable olympics and paralympics ever. the man making it happen knows a thing or two about a successful olympic games. tony estanget is a three times olympic champion. for me, it is a great combination of iconic images, we want to demonstrate that paris and france can deliver the games in a different way than in the past, and it is this best balance of the passion of the games. but also the purpose. we have to be engaged in a new model of delivering the games. a big part of that new model is a laser focus on the environment. 95% of the venues already existed. the largest of only a few new construction projects is the athletes village, but here wood has replaced steel, there is low carbon cement and natural cooling instead of air conditioning. elsewhere, the games will be the first to be run renewable energy. reducing our emissions by 50% is one of our most important objectives.
i want to have some appreciation from him of the urgency, and some acknowledgements that when the government say they are working swiftly and at pace, that is really. after the summer recess, that would be another seven deaths. rosamund, thank you for sharing that story. it appears we have lost that line. this time next year the paris olympics will get underway, a games which has already been a labelled a blueprint for the future, with environmental sustainability at the heart of it. but as our sports news correspondent alex capstick reports it wouldn t be an 0lympics without some controversy in the build up. a games fit for the future in the heart of historic paris, with a promise to be the most sustainable 0lympics and paralympics ever. the man making it happen
olympics begin and organisers have given themselves ambitious targets for the event s sustainability. the opening ceremony will be the first to take place outside a stadium but the preparations have attracted some controversy, including allegations of corruption. our sports news correspondent alex capstick reports from paris. a games fit for the future in the heart of historic paris, with a promise to be the most sustainable olympics and paralympics ever. the man making it happen knows a thing or two about a successful games. tony estanguet is a three times olympic champion. for me, it s a great combination of again iconic images. we want to demonstrate that paris and france can deliver the games in a different way than in the past. and it s this best balance of the passion of the games but also the purpose. we have to be engaged in a new model of delivering the games. a big part of that new model is a laser focus on the environment. 95% of the venues already existed. the largest of on
this is what paris should look like a year today when the 2024 olympics get under way. for the first time, the opening ceremony is not going to take place in a stadium. our sports news correspondent alex capstick has more. a games fit for the future in the heart of historic paris, with a promise to be the most sustainable olympics and paralympics ever. three time olympic champion tony estanguet is the man making it happen. we want to demonstrate that paris and france can deliver the games in a different way than in the past, and it is this best balance of the passion of the games but also the purpose. we have to be engaged in a new model of delivering the games. that includes a laser focus on the environment. an emphasis on existing venues means there aren t many big construction projects. the largest is the athletes village, but here, low carbon materials are being used, and the games will be the first to be run on renewable energy. well, certainly reducing our emissions by 50% is on