Robin Cartier

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...

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."

Cristiano Ronaldo’s new oil funded contract is reportedly worth $675m 😳

While the Loss and Damage Fund to help poorer countries harmed by climate disasters has received contributions totalling $358m 😕

That’s around 0.1% of the $300 billion estimated annual cost of disaster related losses 😬

Robin Cartier, le militant qui tacle le greenwashing du monde du football

➡️ https://l.humanite.fr/c5q

It's time to ban sponsorship of fossil fuels through football.

Unfortunately, as long as climate change remains a back cover story, we will continue to compromise the abilities of future generations in experiencing the emotions and memories that football can create.

Offering a child a PSG jersey with Qatar Airways as a sponsor is a poisoned gift for their future!!!

It pains me to see young children wearing the jerseys of their favourite clubs, tarnished by sponsors promoting polluting industries dependent on fossil fuels, which simply compromise the future of these generations to enjoy football on a liveable planet.

And this is precisely the message I wanted to convey through this interview. Fossil fuels are the number ONE cause of climate change, YET in 2025, football maintains an intimate relationship with fossil fuels by promoting them instead of moving towards transition and decarbonisation.

However, PSG's success cannot be separated from Qatar's influence as owner and sponsor. It's impossible not to see the Qatar Airways sponsor on PSG shirts.

I'm not a PSG fan, but as a football lover, I was thrilled by the collective performances of Luis Enrique's team. This young team has realised the dream of thousands of fans and children and will continue to inspire future generations.

This interview can be found on the back cover of the newspaper, while the front cover is devoted to PSG's triumph. I find this contrast particularly striking.

A few weeks ago, I did an interview for the newspaper @humanite.fr.

The article was published this week, a few days after PSG won the 2025 UEFA Champions League.

Robin Cartier, activiste par amour du football – Ecolosport Passionné de football, Robin Cartier l’est depuis ses 6 ans. Aujourd'hui, il est un activiste qui veut protéger la planète et le football.

⚽ Passionné de football, Robin Cartier l’est depuis ses 6 ans, âge auquel il enfila ses premiers crampons. Aujourd'hui, il est un activiste 🌍 pour un football plus responsable.

Entretien👇

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Robin, le « Greta Thunberg du football » qui défie la Fifa Robin Cartier a 25 ans, et un but : faire bouger le football face à l’urgence climatique. Étudiant, militant et coach, il dénonce les excès de la Fifa et imagine un sport à la hauteur des enjeux actue...

🏆🔥 De la Mayenne à Malmö, en passant par Zurich, Robin Cartier rêve d’un autre football ⚽

Moins d'avions, plus de sobriété. Moins de business, plus d’engagement.

À 25 ans, il défie la Fifa et propose des solutions

📖 Son histoire 👇 avec les 📸 de @nnoman1.bsky.social

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02/01/2025 : Le Courrier de la Mayenne (online & front page printed)
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27/12/2024 : @sofoot.com (online)
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22/12/2024 : @dagensnyheter.bsky.social (online & printed)
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21/12/2024 : Ouest-France (online & printed)
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11/12/2024 : Cited in @nytimes.com @tariqpanja.bsky.social (online)
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11/12/2024 : Skånesport (online)
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11/12/2024 : Sydsvenskan (online & printed)
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More than a month after my protest action in front of FIFA's headquarters, the story was covered in 7 different media in Sweden and France :

Robin Cartier : « La crise climatique n’existe pas pour la FIFA » Le « Greta Thunberg du foot » est français et il est…

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« Un désastre ! » : ce Français a voyagé de la Suède à la Suisse pour manifester seul contre la Fifa Mercredi 11 décembre, le Mayennais Robin Cartier, étudiant en Master sport et société à l’université de Malmö (Suède), a traversé l’Europe pour manifester contre l’attribution de la Coupe du monde 203...

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#NOSAUDI34

Are we going like our National Football Federations, to continue approving and legitimising FIFA's criminal decisions?

Or are we finally going to have the courage, as the women's footballers have shown us, to OPPOSE a FIFA that is killing the planet, people and, football?

Robin has travelled from Sweden to Zurich to send FIFA a clear message - protect people and our planet, stop Saudi '34!

If only the associations and administrators complicit in this decision had the same moral courage as one young fan...🌎⚽️

Proud to stand with @climateactionfa.bsky.social 💪

19-hour train journey from Malmö to Zurich :)

Concerned about football and climate change issues. I recently created my association @climateactionfa.bsky.social. I'm also proud to be part of @fossilfreefootball.bsky.social community.

Let's take action together against FIFA, which respects neither the climate emergency nor human rights.

Female footballers have shown us how – let’s build a sport free of fossil fuel deals | David Wheeler Male players must step up and add their voice to the campaign to stop our sport being sold out to the big polluters who are causing climate change

My article on how FIFA's competitions are being bankrolled by big oil money and how female footballers are fighting back. Male players, fans, and gov bodies in football must join their call to end fossil fuel sponsorship in football!

www.theguardian.com/football/202...