Paris 2024 chief Tony Estanguet says he needs subsequent yr’s occasion to be “a brand new mannequin” for staging the Olympics.
Organisers need the Video games to be “spectacular and sustainable”.
Wednesday marks a yr to go to the beginning of the Olympics and Estanguet says that Paris can present an instance to the remainder of the world.
“We need to display that Paris and France can ship a Video games another way than up to now,” he advised BBC Sport.
“We now have to be engaged in a brand new mannequin of delivering the Video games.”
The Olympics happen within the French capital from 26 July-11 August with the Paralympics to comply with from 28 August-8 September.
Organisers have put sustainability on the forefront of their plans with a purpose to have emissions 50% decrease than the 2012 and 2016 Video games.
They need to develop new methods of working and convey a few “new period within the organisation of the Olympic and Paralympic Video games”.
The Tokyo Olympics’ post-Video games sustainability report calculated that the occasion had a complete carbon footprint of between 1.96 million and a couple of.42 million tonnes of carbon dioxide.
Nevertheless it claimed the 2020 occasion (held in 2021 due to the Covid pandemic) went “past carbon neutrality” by a variety of discount and mitigation measures.
The report added that emissions had been decrease than they could in any other case have been by 800,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide as a result of Covid-19 restrictions meant there have been few followers in attendance.
“We now have to alter our habits,” stated Estanguet, a three-time Olympic canoe champion. “We now have to alter the best way we determine to organise the video games or World Championships or World Cups.
“In any other case folks won’t settle for totally different guidelines for main occasions and regular lives, so that’s the reason we set the extent of ambition very excessive by way of sustainability and to ship a message.
“We now have plans for a incredible celebration whereas additionally demonstrating that it’s possible to scale back the carbon footprint by half as a result of in any other case the way forward for the Video games shall be at risk and we have now to display it’s potential to nonetheless ship it.”
The Video games have made intensive use of current and non permanent amenities in Paris with solely two constructing tasks required – for the Athletes’ Village and the Aquatics Centre.
The Village makes use of a wide range of low carbon initiatives, together with the usage of sustainably sourced wooden as a substitute of metal for the constructing’s structural body, whereas the Aquatics Centre has a concave roof, decreasing the area of the realm that wants heating.
Nevertheless, there was criticism of the choice to carry the browsing competitors in Tahiti – 9,760 miles (15,700km) and a 22-hour flight from the French capital.
The French abroad territory’s Teahupo’o wave within the South Pacific was chosen in place of seashores in south-west France and in Brittany.
“We need to be the primary Video games to be absolutely aligned with the Paris Settlement. When it comes to local weather ambitions, that is essential,” stated Georgina Grenon, Paris 2024’s head of environmental excellence.
The settlement unites virtually all of the world’s nations – for the primary time – in a single purpose to chop the greenhouse fuel emissions which are inflicting international warming.
Agreements had been made to “pursue efforts” to restrict international temperature rises to 1.5C, and to maintain them “properly beneath” 2.0C above pre-industrial instances.
“This was a part of a unique means of organising the Video games to be extra sustainable,” Grenon added.
“A very powerful factor is to scale back emissions. We see the occasion as a laboratory for innovation for in search of options on learn how to cut back after which go away these reductions as a legacy.
“We’re relying on everybody – athletes and spectators – to play their half.
Grenon stated Paris 2024 would be the first video games to make use of 100% renewable electrical energy, evaluating it to the 4million litres of diesel London 2012 used to energy mills. Three international locations have already agreed to ship their athlete delegations by practice, the Netherlands, Belgium and Nice Britain.
Though there have been issues round safety in France after current riots within the capital and incidents on the 2022 Champions League ultimate, Estanguet says it stays his precedence.
“It’s the largest system we have now ever performed by way of safety and is unprecedented so I need to belief the capability and experience,” he stated.
Estanguet and his group are additionally carefully watching long-term climate fashions amid fears of excessive temperatures and are ready to alter occasion instances if mandatory.
On the opportunity of Russian and Belarusian athletes participating within the Video games, he refused to be drawn.
Earlier this month, the Worldwide Olympic Committee (IOC) stated that Russia and Belarus wouldn’t obtain an invite to compete on the Video games whereas the Worldwide Paralympic Committee (IPC) will focus on the continued suspension of each international locations at their Normal Meeting in Bahrain from 27-29 September.
“I strongly consider that we have to shield the universality of the video games by having the IOC and IPC determine on whether or not these international locations ought to take part,” he stated.
“Because the Organising Committee we have now to respect these resolution and to welcome the athletes that might be certified and authorised to take part within the Video games.”