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🚨BREAKING! 🚨

🌍 The Fossil Free Declaration is a new global initiative inviting athletes & sports organisations to sever ties with the industries driving climate breakdown.

Get involved by inviting your favourite athlete or team to join.✍️

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📢 New study uses climate impacts to rank World Cup host cities - and the results are damning. 

As FIFA forges ahead with its polluting partnership with oil giant Aramco, local communities are left facing the consequences. 

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🚨 Sportswash Alert! 🚨

Roland Garros, the pinnacle of French tennis, is underway.

So far, the intense heat has distracted from the intensity of the competition.

But the event is still promotes Emirates.

Yes, 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 oil-state owned airline. 🧵
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When the FIFA Men’s World Cup arrives in Toronto next month, it’ll come with one of its most controversial sponsors in tow: Saudi oil giant Aramco.

And Toronto City Council helped clear the way for it. 🧵

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Pro tennis player Jakub Mensik collapsed on the clay at the French Open, as the prestigious event faced an intense heatwave.

Mensik said it was “insane” to play in extreme heat and said the tournament’s safety measures weren't enough to protect players.

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🚨 BREAKING: Barcelona's charitable foundation sponsored by harmful polluter of Colombian Amazon.

Full piece for the Athletic from Jacob Whitehead and Badvertising's Matt Rendell. 👇

Here's the story. 🧵

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A new report from FairSquare found workers in Aramco’s supply chain faced significant safety risks. 

FIFA is not only partnering with a company polluting the planet - they’re also legitimising an oil giant putting their workers in harm’s way. 

https://t.co/YRr2cZ5Ceq

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Fans and players at the 2026 World Cup deserve to experience the joy of this prestigious global event.

Instead they face toxic pollution, extreme heat and human rights abuses.

Read the full briefing on Monterrey. 👇

https://t.co/7Nu6vUHnIB

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The Hot Six Cities - When the World Cup Boils Over 🌡️
Monterrey presents a stark contrast between huge World Cup investments and a severe environmental health crisis.

With the region facing a deadly mix of toxic smog, extreme heat and severe droughts.🧵

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And it’s not just oil giants putting football’s future at risk. FIFA is adding to local air quality problems through their partnerships with Hyundai and Kia - companies that remain committed to producing highly polluting vehicles.

https://t.co/s3Pn6s8Ldm

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The 2026 World Cup risks becoming a stage of repression and extreme heat - fueled by FIFA’s relationships with both fossil fuel sponsors and an increasingly oppressive US administration. 

Read the full briefing on Miami. 👇

https://t.co/7Nu6vUHnIB

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The Hot Six Cities - When the World Cup Boils Over 🌡️

Miami faces serious climate concerns against a backdrop of hostile immigration policy - putting fans, players and the local community at risk.🧵

https://t.co/7Nu6vUHnIB

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And adjusting schedules doesn’t fully solve the problems of heat stress. 

During the 2025 Club World Cup, an opening match in Miami kicked off at 8pm local time, but temperatures still sat at 28°C.

And many matches were played in 35°C+ temperatures.

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