FIFA’s 2026 World Cup could emit 70 million tons of CO2 with deadly human costs – Tim Walters, Play the Game

FIFA fo fum – Magical thinking will not solve World Cup’s giant climate problem – Gavin Mair, Carbon Market Watch

Promoting Polluters: The FIFA World Cup’s Bigger Climate Cost. – The New Weather
Institute, Scientists for Global Responsibility and Fossil Free Football

‘Green card for the planet’? Fifa’s World Cup is on pace to be a climate catastrophe – Jules Boykoff, The Guardian

FIFA’s Climate Blind Spot: The Men’s World Cup in a Warming World. – Scientists for
Global Responsibility, the Environmental Defense Fund, Cool Down – the Sport for
Climate Action Network, and the New Weather Institute

World Cup becoming a 64-team tournament would create logistical challenges – so can
Gianni Infantino’s idea work? – Sam Blitz, Sky Sports

Overworked and Underprotected: The Player Health and Performance Impact.
– FIFPRO

Infantino’s opponents developing new framework for running world football – Matt Hughes and Nick Ames, The Guardian

Fifa rapidly accelerates plan to expand World Cup to 64 teams from 2030 tournament – Nick Ames and Matt Hughes, The Guardian

Trump, FIFA, and the World Cup 2026: A match made in climate hell – Tim Walters, Play the Game

Playing Against the Clock: Global Sport, the Climate Emergency and the Case for Rapid
Change. – David Goldblatt, the Rapid Transition Alliance

Football and Climate Change: A Preview of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. – Jackson, J.,
Doidge, M., Berglund, O., Amann, J., & Toscano, S.

The football industry needs to wake up to the climate emergency – Tim Walters, The Guardian

Pitches in Peril: A Landmark Climate Report Ahead of the 2026 World Cup – Football
For Future, Common Goal, and Jupiter Intelligence

World Cup 2026 ‘most polluting ever’ claims report – Dan Roan