Irish singer and political activist Bob Geldof has questioned claims that the 2032 Olympic Games will be “climate positive” and green.
“I take the point that you’ve still got to extract minerals to get to a green policy: it seems odd and contradictory, but there you go,” he said in an interview with Queensland State Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk on the new radio station Disrupt Radio.
He was sceptical of the need for organisers to build new infrastructure, saying it would, in fact, use up more of the planet’s resources.
“The point is there has been only two Olympics that have made money—Barcelona and Los Angeles, as far as I can remember,” he said….