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New research from SGR and collaborators finds that the 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup Finals are set to be the most polluting World Cup ever, with extreme heat risks to players and fans raising urgent safety concerns.
9 July 2025
Dr Ian Campbell shows how, on current trends, Britain’s carbon emissions will, within two years, exceed its fair share of the estimated global total that will breach the 1.5°C Paris target. He outlines the key implications for policy-makers and society as a whole.
8 July 2025
Blogs
Hannah Huibregtsen, Leiden University, highlights the problems of under-reporting of military greenhouse gas emissions, as huge military spending targets are being agreed.
24 June 2025
Journal articles
Prof Mark Z Jacobson, Stanford University, gives a whirlwind, sun and water tour of the key renewable energy technologies needed to rapidly reduce pollution, and their major social and economic benefits.
7 May 2025
Presentations
Andrew Simms, SGR, was one of the speakers in a university-hosted panel discussion around the importance (or not) of international climate negotiations in the past, present and future. Available on YouTube.
17 April 2025
This report analyses the growth in greenhouse gas emissions caused by the expansion of the men's football World Cup Finals from 2026 onwards, induced emissions from related high-carbon sponsorship deals, and the likely climate risks at the 2026 tournament.
July 2025
SGR's project work in this area focuses on: military carbon emissions; comparisons between resources used for military activities and for tackling climate change; military greenwash; and the links between climate change and conflict.
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