In the lead-up to Beijing’s 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, China has been eager to highlight its push to make the event as environmentally sustainable as possible, which experts say should include how it is financed.
Games organisers recently published a 53-page sustainability plan that touted the events in Beijing, Yanqing and Zhangjiakou as “green, inclusive, open and clean”, in line with the UN’s sustainable development objectives.
The plan outlines Beijing’s goal of a low-carbon Games, with newly built venues constructed according to green standards and run on power sourced from renewables. The Games have a budget of about $4bn but it is unclear whether an announcement about green finance will be made.