Green, carbon-neutral Games is what Beijing wanted to host. This is practically impossible for the Winter Games if material and power consumption for the venues are taken into account. The organizers have to publish their climate balance sheet after the end of the Paralympics. But for the future, the remaining infrastructure is more decisive than the climate balance of the Olympics. After all, the Olympics have made Zhangjiakou a pilot region for the generation, grid feeding and direct marketing of wind and solar power.