Paris 2024 has launched an Environmental Excellence Committee as the French capital continues to promote a "green" bid for the Olympics and Paralympics in eight years' time. A total of 24 people will ...

In 2007, the city of Paris stood on the frontline in the fight againstclimate change as it introduced its Climate and Energy Action Plan. The aim was to achieve by 2020, a 25% reduction in greenhouse ...

(ATR) Paris 2024 bid co-chair Tony Estanguet says that the International Olympic Committee must take political issues such as the environment seriously when awarding the hosting rights of the Olympic ...

Nearly 200 national governments have committed to make cuts in greenhouse gas emissions in an ambitious global deal. But the task will in many ways fall to cities, states and provinces. Indeed, one of ...

Paris 2024 has signed a national Charter developed by the French Ministry of Sport in partnership with World Wildlife Fund (WWF) France to pledge its commitment to the delivery of environmentally ...

The U.S. Olympic team plans to supply air conditioners for their athletes at the Paris Games, contrasting with organizers' carbon emission reduction efforts. Why is Team USA bringing air conditioners?

Ten years ago, close to 200 nations signed the Paris Agreement, an international treaty designed to cut greenhouse gas ...

Campaigners say officials did not do enough to reduce the health risks of lead pollution to workers, local children, and pregnant women. Workers secure part of Notre-Dame cathedral, two weeks after a ...

A Paris court will rule on Thursday whether France’s TotalEnergies misled the public about its environmental record – a case ...