One year before the 2026 World Cup, which will take place from June 11 to July 19 in the United States, Canada and Mexico, thirteen of the forty-eight participants are already known. In addition to the three host countries, Australia, Japan, Jordan, Uzbekistan, South Korea, Iran, Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador and New Zealand are guaranteed to make the trip to North America for this enlarged competition.
A tournament that FIFA hopes to grow but which raises the worst to certain environmental specialists. According to researchers from the independent British organization Scientists for Global Responsibility, cited by the BBC, this next edition of the World Cup will simply be “The most devastating for the climate”. According to their estimates, more than 9 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent will be generated in a month.
The 2026 World Cup already pointed out
It is much more than the 2022 edition in Qatar (5.25 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent) and that greenhouse gas emissions in certain countries in one year! The change of formula established by FIFA, with forty-eight teams in the running instead of thirty-two until then, will lead to additional trips of delegations and supporters, which is more in three different nations. A real carnage for the planet.
Before it is even disputed, this 2026 World Cup is therefore announced as “The most polluting in history”. A sad record that could quickly be broken. Four years later, the 2030 edition will actually take place in six countries and three different continents! If Spain, Portugal and Morocco have obtained the organization of the event, three matches will also be played in Paraguay, Argentina) and Uruguay.
