'We can't go on like this': on eve of Paris Games, a climate-based plea to end all major sporting events
Cross-country skier Stéphane Passeron, a former member of the French team and a Paralympic coach at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, argues that major sporting and cultural events are no longer compatible with the current climate crisis. As a campaign group asks for France's bid for the 2030 Winter Olympics to be scrapped, the veteran skier goes further and calls for an end to all major sporting events, such as the Olympics, the Tour de France and the football World Cup. Instead, argues Stéphane Passeron, we need to “make sport local”. Interview by Jade Lindgaard.
InIn an unusual procedure, on July 19th the collective 'No JO 2030' submitted an annulment request to the International Olympic Committee (IOC). This campaign group opposed to staging the Winter Olympics in the French Alps – 'JO' are the French initials for 'Olympic Games' - urges the IOC to consider France's current candidacy for this event null and void.
