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The 40 football supporters from each country will reportedly be instructed to deliver positive messages about their experience in the Gulf state, which has David Beckham as an ambassador.
Fifa's claim that the Qatar World Cup will be carbon neutral is "misleading and dangerous" and the tournament could have a carbon footprint three times higher than stated, environmentalists say.
Claims that tournament is 'carbon neutral' challenged, as criticism mounts from footballers and athletes over FIFA's questionable carbon accounting and use of offsets
FIFA has made lofty promises of hosting the first carbon-neutral World Cup in history, with an estimated carbon footprint of 3.6m tonnes which would be offset by eco-friendly initiatives.
Advertising complaints have been lodged in five countries against FIFA’s branding of the Qatar World Cup as carbon-neutral. World Cup organisers claimed last September that the tournament would be the first “carbon-neutral World Cup in the history of the event”. However, research released in...