Environmentalists slam Kata World Cup 'greenwashing conspiracy' for promoting under the guise of environmentalism

2022-10-31 14:42

Environmentalists slam Kata World Cup 'greenwashing conspiracy' for promoting under the guise of environmentalism


The World Cup is a football event celebrated all over the world, but during the preparations for the Qatar World Cup , which was unveiled on November 21, many negative news broke out, including the human rights issues of foreign workers and women . "Green" means propaganda under the guise of environmental protection and wantonly destroy the global environment.


Commitment to 'carbon neutral' World Cup event


Qatar, the host of the World Cup , has pledged in 2020 to build the first "carbon neutral" World Cup this year, and will develop a carbon reduction plan to offset carbon dioxide emissions in Qatar and the region during the World Cup, including planting trees, transporting sports. measures such as the introduction of large amounts of renewable energy and the use of environmentally friendly materials in the construction of gymnasiums.


At the same time, the statement also insisted that the Qatar World Cup will change the preparation strategy for future FIFA World Cup competitions and other large-scale sports events.


Qatar's climate is hot, environmental experts say carbon reduction is difficult to achieve


But Dufashler, an environmentalist historian who focuses on carbon markets, wrote a review slamming the Qatar World Cup's actions, saying it was full of "greenwashing" intentions. He believes that even if the National Football Federation has spent a lot of time airlifting hundreds of tons of seeds to Qatar for tree planting, Qatar’s hot climate is a water-scarce country, and seawater must be desalinated for successful planting, and this process will inevitably damage the ecology. system and consume a lot of energy.


Environmentalists slam Kata World Cup 'greenwashing conspiracy' for promoting under the guise of environmentalism


The National Football Federation is famous for being environmentally friendly, but the data report is vague. Environmental pollution must be the biggest price


Dufasle denounced the hosting of large-scale events as one of the greatest environmental damages in history, because it is well known that grand World Cup events require a lot of human resources and materials, and this year's World Cup held in Qatar has built seven during the preparation process. An air-conditioned sports arena, a refurbishment, and while a series of green measures are planned to reduce emissions, there are still many ambiguities in the report.


Eight stadiums built in Qatar consume 10,000 liters of desalinated water per day each winter and as much as 50,000 liters in summer, according to a Reuters survey.


It is worth noting that this World Cup has attracted a large number of fans from all over the world with more than 150 daily round-trip flights, and aviation is the biggest source of pollution that undermines the carbon neutrality plan, which violates the goal of reducing carbon emissions. purpose.


Although the National Football Federation said that six of the stadiums will be used for public purposes in schools, clubs and hotels, and will also be used for the Asian Football Cup next summer, and the seventh will be demolished, but Dufashler pointed out problems in the report, It said it has not received any information about the stadium being transportable and dismantling for recycling, and that it still doesn't help that flights are restricted to domestic travel. In any case, the Qatar World Cup is even more expensive for the environment and compensation for the former, which is obviously difficult to balance.