In two years' time to the day, Swiss BMX athletes will be competing for medals at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. Of course, the competitions will take center stage, but the focus at the world's largest sporting event in the French capital will also be on the Paris Agreement, which made it possible to establish the current guidelines for combating climate change in 2015. The event with global resonance is the ideal platform to recall the role of sport in this context.

Swiss Cycling is expected to be represented in Paris by a delegation of athletes from five cycling disciplines. As the most successful Swiss summer sports federation, Swiss Cycling strives to present itself at its best in competitions, but also to set a good example beyond its sporting achievements. The cycling association wants to play an active role in the fight against global warming and make cycling more sustainable.In order for the project to be implemented, the part-time position of Sustainability Officer was created at the beginning of the year. The foundations for the sustainability strategy were laid and three priority areas of responsibility for Swiss Cycling were defined. As an organization, the association will take measures to reduce the impact of its activities on the environment and work to ensure equal opportunities in competitions. As the owner of events, it will support the organizing committees of Swiss competitions and in particular those of the national championships so that their events are made more sustainable and best practices are compiled. As the umbrella organization for cyclists in Switzerland, Swiss Cycling will promote the use of bicycles and raise awareness for the environmentally conscious practice of cycling.With the help of these three priorities, Swiss Cycling wants to make cycling a role model in terms of responsibility and establish cycling as a "sustainability engine". A carbon footprint will be drawn up for 2022 - combined with a detailed inventory of the association's activities. Based primarily on the findings of this analysis, the goals will first be refined and then short-, medium- and long-term measures will be defined. Swiss Cycling will report regularly on the development of its sustainability strategy via the association's channels.Implementation of the first measures is planned with a view to the 2024 Olympics in Paris.swiss-cycling.ch