World in disunion: Climate change and the 2023 Rugby World Cup
Three of the smallest countries in the tournament, Fiji, Samoa and Tonga, share the playing field with some of the biggest historical carbon polluters; UK, Japan and tournament hosts France, as well as some of the world’s current biggest emitters like Australia.
This report calculates the devastating economic harm that these climate vulnerable Pacific islands will face due to climate change – harm caused not by their own doing but by the countries they will be facing at the Rugby World Cup.
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40%
The climate crisis is set to slash the economic growth of Pacific Island nations of Fiji, Tonga and Samoa by 40%.
It’s not fair that people who’ve done the least to cause the climate crisis that are paying for its impact.
Let’s make the Rugby World Cup act as a global stage for this vital message.
The Battle for Climate Change
It’s not fair that people who’ve done the least to cause the climate crisis that are paying for its impact.
Let’s make the Rugby World Cup act as a global stage for this vital message.