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.
Football’s world governing body is also facing challenges across Europe, and an open letter asking for its sustainability policies to be scrapped.
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.
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