Over the past decade, FIFA has continued to strengthen its requirements and programmes related to environmental protection, encompassing issues such as climate change, waste management, recycling, sustainable construction and procurement.

In 2016, FIFA was the first sport federation to join the UN Sports for Climate Action Framework, the objective of which is to gather sports federations, organisations, teams, athletes and fans in a concerted effort to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement.

This commitment has translated into concrete actions to protect our planet, in particular around FIFA’s flagship events. FIFA measured, took steps to reduce and then offset the unavoidable greenhouse gas emissions related to the operations of the FIFA World Cup™ tournaments of Brazil 2014, Russia 2018, Qatar 2022 and will also do so for the FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023™.

The FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Sustainability Strategy included a comprehensive set of initiatives to mitigate the tournament related emissions, including energy efficient stadiums, low emission transportation, and sustainable waste management practices. Our online Sustainability Progress Report describes how FIFA and Qatar delivered against the initiatives of the sustainability strategy and highlights the key achievements.