How Paris plans to put on the greenest Games in Olympic history

Unlike previous Olympics, where carbon footprints were calculated once the job was done, Paris has taken the step of adding up the emissions of policy decisions before they are even implemented. AFP - LUDOVIC MARIN

With a little over 200 days to go before the 2024 Paris Olympics, RFI looks at how organisers are raising the bar to make good on their promise of staging the most sustainable Games ever held.

Seven years ago when the Paris candidate team presented their proposal, they rolled out a robust and eco-friendly blueprint to slash carbon emissions by more than half compared to the Games held in London and Rio.