Summer Games' greenhouse gas emissions

Breaking down greenhouse gas emissions from three Summer Olympic Games shows construction and spectators' activities are the largest sources. The Tokyo Games were delayed to 2021 and had a limited number of spectators because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Stacked bar charts show the construction emissions dropping each year, but emissions from spectators' travel rising.
Measured in metric tons of carbon dioxide-equivalent emissions
Chart: The Conversation, CC-BY-NDSource: London, Rio and Tokyo Olympics post-games sustainability reports.Get the dataEmbed Download imageCreated with Datawrapper