Importance of infrastructure for sustainability

The 2024 Paris Olympics officially kick off today!

As the largest sporting event in the world, what are they doing to make the events more sustainable? Impressively they have limited new construction, sourced local food and using 100% renewable energy from wind and solar. They have cleaned up the Seine River and are offsetting carbon through reforestation. Not sure the athletes will appreciate this, but the Olympic village as had their air conditioning eliminated too.

An impressive outcome, for the first time in history, for gender equality, is that there will be a 50/50 male/female athlete representation for the first time ever!

With all the efforts the city and country have had to organise and implement, it is a bit disappointing to read this morning that ‘someone’ has sabotaged their rail network, which was part of their sustainable plan to use existing transport mechanisms for athletes and spectators!

Shows how important infrastructure is for ensuring a sustainable journey.

Matt’s post by?Coalition for Private Investment in Conservation (CPIC) ?looks at the barriers that exist currently and ?ways to create scalable, impactful biodiversity ?in their article ‘Scaling Biodiversity Credit Markets’.

Tatiana's post by Christian Bruch talks about The Critical Role of Time in Shaping the Energy Transition as global electricity demand is expected to rise, growing by a yearly average of 3 to 4% over the next three years.

Neil's post by? Jonny Tooze?discusses ‘don't just? hire the smartest people’ ?but look at these 7 personality traits.

John’s post by Ryan Jeffery? ?talks about how itselectric is making cleaner, greener cities a reality by expanding curb side EV charging points. ?‘uber is betting on a startup hoping to solve’.

Steph’s post by ?Delphine Gilbert ?highlights that Veolia and Norfund have joined forces in Africa. The partnership aims to develop, finance, build and operate solutions that offer low-carbon energy, optimized water cycle and sustainable waste management on the African continent.

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