14 DAY TRIAL // FIFA, i.e. the Fédération Internationale de Football Association, has recently announced that, according to its calculations, the upcoming 2014 World Cup in Brazil will cough out an impressive 2.72 million tons of carbon dioxide.
Needless to say, the compound will work its way into our planet's atmosphere and contribute to climate change and global warming.
According to Think Progress, most of the carbon dioxide emissions associated with the 2014 FIFA World Cup come not from the event itself, but from the fact that thousands of football aficionados will have to board planes in order to make it to the 12 different stadiums where the 64 matches will be played.
The fact that the teams taking part in the championship will also have to travel by jet a great deal will also contribute to the event's impressive ecological footprint.
All in all, emissions coming from air travel alone are expected to make up about 80% of the Cup's overall carbon footprint, the same source details.
Apparently, next year's World Cup carbon emissions will be far greater than the ones documented at the previous World Cup back in 2010.
More precisely, the 2010 Cup is estimated to have released about 1.65 million tons of carbon dioxide into our planet's atmosphere. Interestingly enough, the event was initially predicted to emit a whopping 2.64 million tons of the potent greenhouse gas. Luckily, this was not the case.
FIFA promises that, regardless of how much carbon dioxide the 2014 World Cup produces, it will do its best to offset these emissions either by financing reforestation across the world or by investing heavily in harvesting green energy sources such as wind or solar.
All in all, FIFA might have to spend some $2.5 million (€1.81 million) on offsetting the carbon dioxide next summer's games will put into the atmosphere.