Emissions from sporting events may seem trivial. But sports teams and organisations make a big play of their carbon-neutral credentials
, it promised a carbon-neutral event. Even back then, the prospect of neutralising the carbon-dioxide emissions generated by hosting hundreds of thousands of fans in newly constructed stadiums, in a desert state, seemed fanciful. So it is proving. In their greenhouse-gas accounting report, published last year, FIFA, the game’s governing body, and the Qatari organisers estimated that the World Cup would generate 3.6m tonnes of COemissions.
Carbon Market Watch believes such reasoning is far-fetched. Before the World Cup Qataris were able to get by with only one stadium, it points out. Consequently, it estimates that the emissions from stadium construction for the World Cup are undercounted by a factor of eight. It puts the real figure at 5m tonnes.and Qatar are at least promising to offset the 3.6m tonnes of emissions they forecast by purchasing carbon credits.
In the grand scheme of things, emissions from sporting events, such as the World Cup, may seem trivial. Even’s estimate of 5m tonnes amounts to less than 0.02% of the world’s annual emissions. But sports teams and organisations make a big play of their carbon-neutral credentials. Nearly 200 of them, including’s Sport for Climate Action Framework, an initiative to help sporting bodies reduce their carbon footprint.
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