Carbon-Neutral Travel Footprint for Sochi
TOP Sponsor Dow says Sochi 2014 will have the first carbon-neutral travel footprint for the Olympics. The announcement came during the IOC Sport and Environment Conference in Sochi.
A statement from Dow says an estimated 160,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide will be emitted from athletes, media and spectators travelling to Sochi. To offset the emissions, Dow installed a number of low-carbon technologies and energy-efficient projects throughout its various products in use for the Games.
Speaking to Around the Rings, George Hamiton, Dow's Olympics vice president, said, "As the official chemistry company of the Olympic Games, we are committed to supplying innovative solutions to enable more sustainable and higher-performing Games. With the Sustainable Future Program, we are taking our partnership with the Olympic Movement to a whole new level, as we help Sochi 2014 to mitigate the Games’ carbon footprint with energy efficient technologies that will generate great positive impact to the Russian economy."
He added, "We are very excited with the results achieved in such a short period of time, and we are confident that the model implemented with Sochi 2014 will set the standard in carbon footprint mitigation for future Games."
Krakow Set for 2022 Bid
Krakow will bid for the 2022 Olympics.
A statement posted on the Polish Olympic Committee (PKOL) website on Thursday says the organization will report Krakow’s candidacy on Nov. 7. The Polish city had begun the process of launching a joint bid with Slovakia in June.
On Thursday, the Slovak national government pledged 480,000 Euros for the bid.
Nov. 14 is the deadline for bids to be submitted to the IOC.
Almaty, Kazakhstan has filed its documents to the IOC. Lviv needs approval from the Ukraine National Olympic Committee while bids from Munich and Oslo are also expected.
Ecologists Warn of Sochi Erosion
A group of ecologists have warned of possible erosion due to Olympic construction in Sochi, which could damage venues for the Sochi Olympics.
"There was quite a lot built in the coastal area, mostly roads and railways," Vladimir Slobodyan, head of the Institute of Environmental Design, was quoted by The Moscow Times.
"As a result, the sediment balance was disturbed, and we can already observe coastal erosion. In the future it is possible that we will see deformation, even destruction of the facilities built in the coastal area for the Olympics."
The risk was highest in Sochi, but the paper reports that the venues in the mountain cluster could also potentially face erosion problems "because they were built on slopes of unstable ground, which are particularly prone to landslides."
Written by Ed Hula III.
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