"Qatar World Cup: Fifa's carbon neutrality claim 'misleading and incredibly dangerous'", 2 Nov 2022

Fifa's claim that the Qatar World Cup will be carbon neutral is "dangerous and misleading" and the tournament could have a carbon footprint three times higher than stated, environmentalists say...

Fifa says the Qatar World Cup will have a footprint of 3.6 million tonnes of equivalent carbon waste, which will be offset by a number of initiatives.

"We did a little digging into Fifa's carbon footprint estimate and we think it's way over 10 million tonnes - so three times that, at least," said Mike Berners-Lee of Lancaster University...

The open letter argues that Fifa's sustainability strategy has flawed carbon calculations, questionable offsetting practices and shifts the responsibility on to fans rather than shouldering it itself...