There is light at the end of the tunnel, however.
The sports community is optimistic that it can reduce its environmental impact by taking two main steps:
transitioning to more sustainable operations before, during, and after events and raising
awareness among the public about their impact.
Efforts to adopt more responsible approaches have been made by various organizations, and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is leading the way by setting a good example.
The IOC set up the Sport and Environment Commission decades ago and declared the environment as essential to the Olympic Movement, in addition to sports and culture.
It has since encouraged host nations to adopt more environmental approaches to putting on the Olympics.
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The sports community is optimistic that it can reduce its environmental impact by taking two
main steps: transitioning to more sustainable operations before, during, and after events and
raising awareness among the public about their impact.
it과 its는 모두 The sports community를 가리킨다.
transitioning to ... events와 raising ... impact는 and로 연결되어 병렬 구조를 이루는 동명사구이다.
Efforts to adopt more responsible approaches have been made by various organizations, and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is leading the way by setting a good example.
to adopt more responsible approaches는 Efforts를 수식하는 to부정사구이다.
have been made는 현재완료 수동태이다.
It has since encouraged host nations to adopt more environmental approaches to putting on the Olympics.
to adopt ... the Olympics는 has encouraged의 목적격 보어로 쓰인 to부정사구이다.
approaches to는 ‘~에 대한 접근’이라는 뜻으로 to가 전치사이므로 뒤에 동명사 putting이 왔다.