The IOC Executive Board recently discussed the sustainable future for the Olympic Winter Games and the opportunity for a 2030-2034 double allocation.

The preliminary findings of a report looking at a sustainable future for the Olympic Winter Games were recently presented to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board (EB) during the last day of its meeting in Mumbai, India.

Two of these preliminary findings include:

- For sustainability reasons, future Olympic Winter Games hosts should have a target of using only existing or temporary venues; and

- Proposed snow competition venues should be climate reliable until at least the middle of the century.

IOC President Thomas Bach said: “The Future Host Commission reported that the studies are works in progress and the final results will be presented in due course, but the preliminary results already show that we need to adapt the Olympic Winter Games given the impact of climate change. In collaboration with the winter sports community, we need to look for solutions for the future.”

As more time is needed to address the complexity of this issue, the Future Host Commission has also proposed to the IOC EB to consider a double allocation of the 2030 and 2034 Olympic Winter Games, should the appropriate conditions exist.