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Business Daily: Commonwealth Games 2022: the most sustainable ever?

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26/07/2022

26/07/2022 GMT

Commonwealth Games 2022: the most sustainable ever?

BBC World Service - Business Daily, Commonwealth Games 2022: the most sustainable ever?

Organisers are promising this year's event will leave a carbon neutral legacy.

The Commonwealth Games 2022 is coming to England's second biggest city, Birmingham, which is home to almost six million people and more than 450,000 businesses. It's expected to create 35,000 new jobs and skills opportunities and generate an extra £1.2bn ($1.4bn) for the city's economy. 

Organisers are promising that it will be the most sustainable Commonwealth Games ever and will leave a carbon neutral legacy. That means any CO2 released into the atmosphere from the event will be balanced by an equivalent amount being removed. 

Nisha Patel travels to Birmingham to speak to some of the people behind the games to get an insight into how they plan to achieve this and to find out how important the event is to the city.

Produced and presented by Nisha Patel.

Image: Alexander Stadium, Birmingham, Credit: Birmingham City Council

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