FIFA World Cup 2026: Climate Change Threatens Player Performance

The FIFA World Cup 2026 is currently being played in North America. 48 teams are competing for the most prestigious title in world football for the first time in this tournament held in the United States, Canada and Mexico. But this time there are not only opposing teams on the field. There is another big opponent in front of the players, which is called the rising heat. Climate Central new report claims that the performance of the players in most of the matches of this World Cup can be affected due to climate change. According to this latest study, about 93 percent of the matches of the tournament can be played in such a situation where the heat will affect the performance of the players. According to the report, there is at least a 50 percent chance that the players will face the heat affecting the performance. In 97 matches out of the total 104 matches, climate change has increased the possibility of the heat affecting the performance by an average of 8 percentage points. According to the meteorologist of Climate Central Shelley, it seems that they have a big impact in the entire tournament.