As the COP27 climate change conference concludes in Egypt this week, the attention of climate experts is turning to the football World Cup in Qatar, the first World Cup to be held in the Middle East.
Organisers have claimed that the tournament, which begins with an opening ceremony in the Al Bayt stadium on Sunday, will be environmentally friendly and carbon neutral.The Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy is the body responsible for the success of the World Cup in Qatar, a tournament like no other in terms of the criticism it has faced because of the Gulf state's human rights record.
World Football's governing body, FIFA, and Qatar's Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy said they have committed to reducing and offsetting all carbon emissions related to the games, which begin on Sunday when the hosts play Ecuador, and that they plan to have a carbon neutral World Cup.Professor John Sweeney of Maynooth University told RTÉ News that it was not a sensible decision from a climate point of view to have the World Cup in such a hot country, even in winter.
"And of course, there's a great deal of accommodation pressure in Qatar, which means a lot of people are commuting to the World Cup from nearby countries. "It is called a 'World Cup' and much of the Arab world is a desert and a lot of the projects that have been done, it’s not just the stadiums it's the metros, the roads, the walkways, the cycle paths it's going to be here forever for the community to enjoy as a whole.
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