A review is being held on the AWG's sustainability, largely financially, but CBC News also spoke with experts about how the event can be more environmentally sustainable. With climate change threatening the scheduling of future Arctic Winter Games, it can't be ignored that the event itself is a contributor to the issue.start being held in February instead of March to avoid disruptions from unseasonably warm weather.
One suggestion from experts is to use the games as a way to fund environmental projects in the North. When someone takes a flight, they can calculate how much carbon was emitted from that flight and then pay enough money to a project that, in theory, cancels out the carbon they emitted.John Rodda, president of the Arctic Winter Games International Committee, says air travel is the only possibility for the games and there haven't been discussions yet on reducing the carbon footprint of the event.
Pineau said sustainable aviation fuel largely isn't commercially available because of the high cost, but consumers can change that. Tremblay, who said she is a big supporter of the AWG and multi-sport games as a whole, said when she went to the"I remember that really stood out compared to other games," she said.