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uu2015Election of Winter Youth Olympic Games Lausanne 2020uu2015Election of Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games Beijing 2022uu2015Launch of Candidature Process Olympic and Paralympic Summer Games 2024uu2016Launch of Invitation Phase Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games 2026uu2017Election of Summer Youth Olympic Games 2023uu2017Election of Olympic and Paralympic Summer Games 2024uu2017Launch of Candidature Process Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games 2026uu2018Hosting of Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018uu2018Hosting of Summer Youth Olympic Games Buenos Aires 2018uu2018Launch of Invitation Phase Olympic and Paralympic Summer Games 2028 uu2019Election of Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games 2026uu2019Launch of Candidature Process Olympic and Paralympic Summer Games 2028uu2020Hosting of Winter Youth Olympic Games Lausanne 2020uu2020Hosting of Olympic and Paralympic Summer Games Toyko 2020uu2020Launch of Invitation Phase Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games 2030Olympic Games timelines from 2014 (release of Olympic Agenda 2020) up to 2020It is important to note that, due to the long-term nature of each edition of the Olympic Games – approximately 10 years from the invitation phase to the staging of the Games – many of the recommendations of Olympic Agenda 2020 will only be fully embedded in Olympic Games’ processes and procedures from the Olympic Games edition of 2026 and onwards, as illustrated in the table (right). Considering these timelines and the fact that sustainability requires long-term thinking, it is essential that the IOC’s sustainability ambitions would be developed according to a long-term perspective.Olympic Agenda 2020 (continued)3 | IOC Sustainability Strategy Executive Summary