Lausanne, May 21, 2026 (AFP) - FIFA's huge World Cup to generate unprecedented cash and CO2

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2026-05-22

The biggest and most lucrative ever World Cup this summer will also set a record for the most-polluting sporting event in history, environmental experts say. "Unlike the case of the Olympic Games, where the carbon footprints have been reducing over the last several editions, this is totally opposite in the case of FIFA men's World Cup," David Gogishvili, a geographer at the University of Lausanne (Unil), told AFP. The summer's World Cup has been......

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