Overview
- Five associations and the citizen collective JOP 2030 asked a UN Aarhus compliance committee to examine what they call a lack of public participation in planning the French Alps Games.
- The Geneva session on November 18 considers admissibility only, with a decision due the following day on whether the complaint will proceed.
- In parallel, French litigation is advancing after the Marseille administrative court referred petitions on September 23 to the president of the Conseil d’État’s litigation section.
- Organisers contend national debate rules apply project by project, say no single facility exceeds roughly €230–260 million, and cite outreach including two Solideo public information meetings in La Plagne and Saint-Jean-de-Sixt with more planned through 2026 and a presentation in Nice to come.
- Opponents highlight projected impacts of about 804,000 tonnes of CO2 and more than €2.1 billion in public spending, while the organising committee lists a €2.132 billion operations budget.