US EditionBrisbane 2032 is no longer legally bound to be 'climate positive.' Will it still leave a green legacy?
- Brisbane was awarded the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games, which included a widely publicized promise to host the world's first climate-positive games.
- This promise was initially contractually required as part of the original 2021 Olympic Host Contract, an agreement between the IOC, the State of Queensland, Brisbane City Council, and the Australian Olympic Committee.
- On December 7, 2023, the International Olympic Committee initiated an addendum to the host contract, replacing all references to 'climate-positive' with weaker terminology and effectively downgrading the commitment.
- According to a Brisbane 2032 spokesperson, the language was changed, following advice from the International Olympic Committee and recommendations from the United Nations and the 2023 European Union Green Claims Directive, to ensure transparent and easily understood communication; the IOC maintains that the requirements underpinning the term and their ambition to address the climate crisis have not changed.
- The downgraded commitment, signed between April and May 2024, is no longer binding, making carbon removal an optional goal, and plans for a new stadium in Victoria Park, Brisbane's largest remaining inner-city green space, appear to violate the host contract, raising concerns that Brisbane 2032 may follow a pattern of Olympic Games weakening or abandoning sustainability commitments.
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