SHORT DESCRIPTION: The grand final of this FIFA world cup is finally happening with two of the world’s best teams, Argentina and France, aiming for the trophy, in a tremendously intense game in both football and emissions terms.
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SHORT DESCRIPTION: The performance of Morocco in football terms in this FIFA world cup is as impressive as the performance of France regarding emissions reduction in the last 40 years.
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SHORT DESCRIPTION: The performance of Morocco in football terms in this FIFA world cup is as impressive as the performance of France regarding emissions reduction in the last 40 years.
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SHORT DESCRIPTION: Reaching the semifinals every match is considered a battle of high stakes, but in the case of Argentina and Croatia, this is also true regarding the countries’ emissions.
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SHORT DESCRIPTION: Until the 2000s Portugal seemed the favourite in both football and emissions terms, but since the 80s Switzerland has made an important effort to balance the scales… at least emissions-wise.
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SHORT DESCRIPTION: Brazil’s football supremacy matches its emissions performance, mainly driven by its high usage of hydropower. On the contrary, South Korea needs to get detached from coal to have the slightest chance to face Brazil.
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SHORT DESCRIPTION: Spain, although demonstrating an important decrease of its emissions, it still needs a lot of effort to reach Morocco. On the other hand, Morocco will have to try as equally hard to beat Spain football-wise.
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SHORT DESCRIPTION: Japan is demonstrating an incredible streak in this World Cup, but this is not the image regarding its emissions, which, although decreasing, are still pretty high in comparison to Croatia’s.
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SHORT DESCRIPTION: Until the 1970s South Korea and Portugal had similar emissions but since then the former has shown immense growth, leading to emissions growth as well.
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SHORT DESCRIPTION: In contrast to its football legacy, England is demonstrating a decreasing tendency emission-wise. Nevertheless, Senegal is still in a better situation, only emission-wise though.
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SHORT DESCRIPTION: France vs Poland is interesting football-wise but it is more interesting emission-wise. France has shown a declining tendency since the 70s whereas Poland, highly dependent on coal, started reducing its emissions much later.
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SHORT DESCRIPTION: Australia is not only the underdog in football terms but also emission-wise, since its energy mix is heavily dependent on coal. On the contrary, Argentina has lower emissions due to higher usage of hydropower and natural gas.
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SHORT DESCRIPTION: The Netherlands and the USA are both striving towards reducing their emissions the last 30 years. Nevertheless, the Netherlands is displaying a better profile, matching their higher chances football-wise.
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SHORT DESCRIPTION: Both Cameroon and Brazil are demonstrating an upward tendency in their emissions, but contrary to their football abilities, Cameroon is displaying a much better emissions profile.
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SHORT DESCRIPTION: As competitive this duo (Serbia and Switzerland) can be in football, it is equally competitive regarding its emissions profile.
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SHORT DESCRIPTION: Uruguay may be the ultimate favorite to win this match football-wise but Ghana seems the better half regarding its emissions.
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