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Mostly false: “The 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar is fully carbon-neutral”

Fact-check, Mostly falseBy Hochschule der Medien Stuttgart, DE December 19, 2022

The World Cup in Qatar is advertised as the first fully carbon neutral tournament. Skepticism about this claim is widespread. Can a major sporting event in a country that is strongly reliant on fossil fuels really produce zero carbon emissions? We checked this claim and found out that it is mostly false: FIFA has highly…

Uncheckable: „Only three people died in the construction of stadiums for the FIFA world cup in Qatar”

Fact-check, UncheckableBy University of Zagreb, HR June 13, 2022 1 Comment

On January 26, 2022, FIFA’s president Gianni Infantino said at the European Council in Strasbourg that only three workers died in construction of football stadiums for World Cup 2022 in Qatar. He said: “When I hear today that 6,500 people died in the building of football stadiums in Qatar, it is simply not true. Because…