Tim Walters
@timwalters.bsky.social
Canadian college professor. Writes about football, degrowth, culture, political economy, and the climate emergency. Walks a lot.
While people died from heatwaves and wildfires in Spain, Cubarsi get an oil company Aramco sponsored award. #WorldCup
Disgraceful but not surprising. But there is a wonderful ethical opportunity here for Pochettino to separate his honest and likeable team from his country’s swinish President, and to demonstrate that sport has values even if its leadership don’t. #benchbalogun
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last mo.Trump on Balogun: "That wasn't even an infraction...this referee, who is a little bit suspect if you check his past. He made a call nobody could believe...he's our best player, or one of our best players. And he gave him a red card. I didn't know what that meant...yes, I asked for a review by FIFA."
In this World Cup ad, football star Luka Modrić is being coached to bet on whether 2026 will be the hottest year ever. Meanwhile, games are being played in extreme heat, putting players and fans at risk. Is there any more perfect symbol of where we are right now? 🤯😵💫😱 and a 🧵 on why this matters
I will beat this drum forever, but if you care about the climate impact of football, then the only path to decarbonization is degrowth. Everything else is pseudo activity. This is more ecocidal madness from FIFA.
Club World Cup likely to expand for 2029 with more Premier League clubs involved
Fifa has agreed a joint venture with European Football Clubs (EFC) to operate the Club World Cup that is likely to see more Premier League clubs enter it
theguardian.com
FIFA World Cup: Climate Is The Loser - Highest Impact Ever www.forbes.com/sites/we-don... #ClimateChange #FIFA #WorldCup #ClimateImpact #GreenhouseEmissions
FIFA World Cup: Climate Is The Loser - Highest Impact Ever
The FIFA 2026 World Cup in the U.S., Mexico and Canada has highest climate emissions ever. Here's why - and positive examples on how football and soccer can be greener.
forbes.com
And as things fell apart, nobody paid much attention…
Philippe Auclair@philippeauclair.bsky.social · last mo.This article is illustrated by pictures of people 1) kayaking on a turquoise sea 2) sunbathing in a park 3) having fun at the lido, which may not be the best way of conveying the seriousness of the situation.
FIFA will say they can’t affect the weather, but they already do. This tournament will produce more climate changing emissions than most of the world’s countries do annually. This is why they aren’t estimating their emissions for the first time in decades. We’re watching an environmental disaster.
FIFA’s 2026 World Cup could emit 70 million tons of CO2 with deadly human costs
The 2026 World Cup will be the biggest yet, and possibly the most destructive. College professor Tim Walters projects that the World Cup could emit nearly 70 million tons of CO2 and lead to the premat...
playthegame.org
Had a great conversation with Beijing based “Climate Watch” about the environmental disaster that is the World Cup. Highly recommend following this podcast - they do excellent, thorough work on all things climate. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/c...
Will this be the most carbon-intensive World Cup in history?
Podcast Episode · Climate Watch · June 12 · 38m
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Typically smart, scathing, and necessary analysis of FIFA’s greenwashing by @gavinnightmair.bsky.social and the good folks @carbonmarketwatch.bsky.social.
Carbon Market Watch@carbonmarketwatch.bsky.social · 2mo ago☝️FIFA committed to cut their emissions in half by 2030, and reach net-zero by 2040. 🥅Yet, the 2026 World Cup moves the goalposts out of sight. 📖Read here how FIFA can get onside with delivering on its commitments: carbonmarketwatch.org/2026/06/10/f...
A smart and potentially transformative initiative from the good people @fairsq.bsky.social. I’m a big fan. If you want a less ugly and corrupted football than the one we’ve been getting, sign up! rebootfifa.com/news/reboot-...
Reboot FIFA campaign launches with ‘class action’ complaint against Gianni Infantino - Reboot FIFA
FairSquare has today launched a major public campaign aimed at serious reform of football’s world governing body, FIFA. The campaign, titled Reboot, begins by offering the general public the opportuni...
rebootfifa.com
Important work by the always excellent @julesboykoff.bsky.social (whose recent book on football is wonderful). There are many problems with this World Cup, but its environmental impact is by far the most urgent and damaging. www.theguardian.com/football/202...
‘Green card for the planet’? Fifa’s World Cup is on pace to be a climate catastrophe
The 2022 World Cup failed to deliver on its environmental promises. From air travel emissions to heat-related dangers, the 2026 edition will be even worse
theguardian.com
Trump, his goon squad, and (of course!) the Israeli’s started a war today from his fucking golf course, and killed 80 elementary schoolgirls by mistake. My Prime Minister high fived those sociopaths in his official response, when what he should have said was this. Disgusted to be a Canadian today.
Tony Benn's incredible speech against the war in Iraq
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Zohran’s warm-up speaker shouting out organized labour. Wake the fuck up, @bcndpcaucus.bsky.social Signed, A public sector employee
Leah McElrath@leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 9mo agoZohran Mamdani watch party live link: www.youtube.com/live/NnM_RgL...
My latest for @playthegame-org.bsky.social, where I attempt a true cost carbon accounting of the Canada-Mexico-USA World Cup, and conclude that it will be the deadliest sporting event in history, producing emissions that will kill more than 70,000 people. I call this madness "Infantinocide."
FIFA’s 2026 World Cup could emit 70 million tons of CO2 with deadly human costs
The 2026 World Cup will be the biggest yet, and possibly the most destructive. College professor Tim Walters projects that the World Cup could emit nearly 70 million tons of CO2 and lead to the premat...
playthegame.org
"Infantinocide" or degrowth football.
Play the Game@playthegame-org.bsky.social · last yr.The 2026 World Cup could emit nearly 70 million tons of CO2 and lead to the premature deaths of approximately 70,000 people. Yet, FIFA plans to expand future tournaments with even more teams. Read the opinion piece by Tim Walters👇 www.playthegame.org/news/fifa-s-...
Burning up the planet: the rise-and-rise of long-haul summer friendlies by major clubs sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/burning-up...
Burning up the planet: the rise-and-rise of long-haul summer friendlies by major clubs
"Pre-season tours in distant locations are a growing problem — for both the planet and exhausted players ... long-haul flights are among the most polluting forms of travel."
sportingintelligence832.substack.com
“Athleticide”
Nathan Kalman-Lamb@nkalamb.bsky.social · last yr.Israel has now murdered 785 Palestinian athletes since October 2023, including 437 footballers. It has also destroyed 288 sports facilities. This is athleticide, a modality of the genocide designed to obliterate culture and identity. www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-ea...
As we head into this FIFA Club World Cup weekend in the USA, meteorologists are warning of dangerous heat and humidity up and down the east coast. Temperatures will rise through Sunday and could last all week, with a heat index of 43ºC by Monday.
More excellent, depressing reporting from @josimarfootball.bsky.social. Really important to support this kind of journalism, so subscribe to Josimar if you are able - they’re on the ropes and need the support right now, and it would be a tragedy if we lost this resource. There is no one like them.
Really enjoyed being a part of this conversation about FIFA, the World Cup, and the climate emergency, organized by the great folks at the Sport Ecology Group.
S4, E2: FIFA2026 on Fire
Podcast Episode · Climate Champions · 2025-06-02 · 51m
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Bayern Munich fans at the Club World Cup held up a banner saying "world football is more poorly governed than before" and "smash FIFA". They are not going out on a limb here. A 🧵 on the experts and organisations that recently said the same thing...
Correct! Exciting to see players stepping up.
David Wheeler@djwheeler7.bsky.social · last yr.FIFA must drop their sponsorship with Saudi Aramco, the biggest oil company in the world. They should not be promoting the burning of more fossil fuels during a climate crisis. I am proud to lead a group of current and former pro players calling for this change. www.mirror.co.uk/sport/footba...
The responses to this post are encouraging.
Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · last yr.Welcome to the World Cup in Donald Trump’s America!
