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2026 World Cup Factsheet: FIFA’s Polluting Choices Worsen Climate Risks Key Facts Tournament Expansion: 48 teams (104 matches), up from 32 teams (64 matches) in 1998-2022, and 24 teams (1994). Expected Emissions: 9 million tonnes...

FIFA and Aramco Factsheet: the World’s Biggest Polluter on the World’s Biggest Stage   Aramco is the world’s largest oil producer, worth around $1.6 trillion. It is 98.5% owned by the Saudi Arabian state. In...

After another European summer defined by dangerous heat and fire, our analysis of UEFA’s flagship competition finds it is making an outsized contribution to the fossil fuel pollution that is worsening this extreme weather and...

Our analysis sets out the massive pollution linked to FIFA’s newly expanded Club World Cup, even as the tournament is highly exposed to extreme heat worsened by climate change.

Fossil Free Football – Media Highlights  Selected media coverage involving the organisation. 

An overview of the activities of Fossil Free Football in 2024. Fossil Free Football receives support from the KR Foundation.

There are gaping flaws in FIFA’s newly released bid evaluations for the 2030 and 2034 World Cups (see also our expanded briefing note on the 2034 tournament). FIFA’s ludicrous characterisation of both the three-continent 2030...

What is happening? On December 11, FIFA will meet to designate the hosts for the  2030 and 2034 World Cup. The only bidder for the 2034 World Cup is the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (thanks...