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/football/worldcup-carbon-footprint/

├ README.md

https://datahub.io/football/worldcup-carbon-footprint/_r/-/README.md

├ datapackage.json

https://datahub.io/football/worldcup-carbon-footprint/_r/-/datapackage.json

├ emissions_per_edition.csv

https://datahub.io/football/worldcup-carbon-footprint/_r/-/emissions_per_edition.csv

└ emissions_reference.csv

https://datahub.io/football/worldcup-carbon-footprint/_r/-/emissions_reference.csv

Key Files

Start with these files — they give you everything you need to understand and access the dataset.

datapackage.json— metadata & schema

https://datahub.io/football/worldcup-carbon-footprint/_r/-/datapackage.json

README.md— documentation

https://datahub.io/football/worldcup-carbon-footprint/_r/-/README.md

Typical Usage

1. Fetch datapackage.json to inspect schema and resources
2. Download data resources listed in datapackage.json
3. Read README.md for full context

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emissions_per_edition

Field	Type	Format	Description
year	integer	default	World Cup edition year (2010–2034)
host	string	default	Host nation(s)
co2e_mt	number	default	Total emissions, million tonnes CO2e
basis	string	default	Methodology flag: 'FIFA self-report' (narrower scope, 2010–2022) or 'SGR projection' (fuller scope, 2026–2034) — the two are NOT directly comparable
source	string	default	Citation
source_url	string	default	Source link

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About

Last updated: 8 June 2026
Total rows: ...
Format: CSV
File size: 1.19 kB
Sources: SGR / New Weather Institute — FIFA's Climate Blind Spot (2025); FIFA host sustainability audits, via Play the Game
License: Factual figures, free to reuse with attribution (SGR / New Weather Institute; FIFA sustainability audits via Play the Game)

emissions_reference

Field	Type	Format	Description
metric	string	default	Reference metric key
value_mt	number	default	Value, million tonnes CO2e
note	string	default	Explanation / scope note
source_url	string	default	Source link

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About

Last updated: 8 June 2026
Total rows: ...
Format: CSV
File size: 481 B
Sources: SGR / New Weather Institute — FIFA's Climate Blind Spot (2025); FIFA host sustainability audits, via Play the Game
License: Factual figures, free to reuse with attribution (SGR / New Weather Institute; FIFA sustainability audits via Play the Game)

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Headline visualization for the data story.
Format: PNG
Sources: SGR / New Weather Institute — FIFA's Climate Blind Spot (2025); FIFA host sustainability audits, via Play the Game
License: Factual figures, free to reuse with attribution (SGR / New Weather Institute; FIFA sustainability audits via Play the Game)

Data story

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About

Narrative write-up of the insight, with caveats and provenance.
Format: MDX
Sources: SGR / New Weather Institute — FIFA's Climate Blind Spot (2025); FIFA host sustainability audits, via Play the Game
License: Factual figures, free to reuse with attribution (SGR / New Weather Institute; FIFA sustainability audits via Play the Game)

About this dataset

FIFA World Cup Carbon Footprint per Edition (2010–2034)

Greenhouse-gas footprint of each FIFA men's World Cup, one row per tournament, with the air-travel share broken out. The expanded, three-nation 2026 tournament is projected to be the most polluting ever (~9.0 Mt CO2e), ~86% of it from air travel.

Data

`emissions_per_edition.csv`

One row per tournament (2010, 2014, 2018, 2022, 2026, 2030, 2034).

field	type	description
year	integer	edition year
host	string	host nation(s)
co2e_mt	number	total emissions, million tonnes CO2e
basis	string	`FIFA self-report` (2010–22, narrower scope) or `SGR projection` (2026–34, fuller scope)
source / source_url	string	citation + link

`emissions_reference.csv`

SGR's recalculated 2010–22 average (like-for-like with the projection) and the 2026 air-travel split.

⚠️ Methodology — read before comparing

The 2010–2022 rows are FIFA self-reported audits (2.2–3.6 Mt) on a narrower boundary than the SGR projection for 2026+. Do not compare the SGR 2026 figure directly to the FIFA self-reports. The honest, like-for-like comparison is 2026 (9.02 Mt) vs SGR's recalculated 2010–22 average (4.71 Mt) = +92% (the recalculated average is in emissions_reference.csv). 2026/2030/2034 are projections, not actuals.

Sources

SGR / New Weather Institute, FIFA's Climate Blind Spot: The Men's World Cup in a Warming World (2025) — figures from Table ES-1.
FIFA host sustainability audits, via Play the Game.

License

Figures are factual and reusable with attribution to the sources above.

Story

Each World Cup's carbon footprint — and why 2026 breaks the chart

9.0 Mt CO₂e (+92%); 86% air travel

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Full narrative — headline, why-now, caveats, provenance, and ready-to-post copy — in each-world-cups-carbon-footprint-and-why-2026-breaks-the-chart/STORY.mdx. This data story was fact-checked by an adversarial review pass (figures recomputed against primary sources) before release.