Olympic Committees of Europe Approaching Carbon Neutrality (OCEAN)

The OCEAN project aims to empower National Olympic Committees (NOCs) to acquire relevant knowledge to measure their carbon footprint and define tailored carbon reduction strategies in order to reduce their carbon emissions and strengthen good governance in the field of climate action.

The OCEAN project will run for two years and a half years from January 2023 to July 2025 – under the guidance of the EOC EU Office. OCEAN gathers a consortium involving 18 European NOCs, the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC), and renowned experts from the Öko-Institut.

The OCEAN project is a Cooperation Partnership co-financed by the European Commission through the Erasmus+ Programme.

Empower National Olympic Committees (NOCs) to acquire relevant knowledge to

• measure their carbon footprint
• define carbon reduction strategies in order to
• reduce their carbon emissions and
• strengthen good governance in the field of climate action

The followed strategy includes:

Step 1: Train Climate Action Officers and provide them with precious knowledge on climate change and carbon footprint measurement

Step 2: Create a Carbon Footprint Measurement Tool

Step 3: Develop National Carbon Footprint Reduction Strategies

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