Sustaining the Winter Olympics

Sustaining the Winter Olympics

From The Agenda Podcast by CGTN EUROPE

February 17, 2026 · 30 min

About this episode

The episode discusses the sustainability efforts and challenges of the 25th Winter Olympics taking place in Milan and Cortina amidst climate change concerns.

Send a text The 25th Winter Olympics are now well under way in the Italian alps. By the time the games close, 2,800 athletes representing more than 90 Olympic Committees will have competed across 116 events in 16 disciplines. And for the very first time events are taking place at two host cities - Milan and Cortina - in a bid to make this a truly sustainable gathering. But with climate change at the very heart of the conversation around winter sports - what might future games look like...

Topics covered

  • Winter Olympics
  • sustainability
  • climate change
  • sports
  • athletes
  • host cities

Keywords

  • Winter Olympics
  • sustainability
  • climate change
  • Milan
  • Cortina
  • athletes
  • events

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Italian alps, Milan, Cortina

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