New report highlights football’s alarming carbon footprint
February 6 – Football is the world’s most-watched sport, drawing over 220 million fans to stadiums annually and billions more to screens. With such vast influence, the game has the power to drive societal change – yet when it comes to climate action, the sport is failing to step up.
A new report, courtesy of the New Weather Institute in collaboration with Scientists for Global Responsibility, highlights football’s alarming carbon footprint, estimating global emissions from the sport at around 64-66 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalent (tCO₂e) per year – comparable to the entire annual emissions of Austria.
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