Carbon Market Watch has predicted total emissions to be five-times higher.

It has been found that the construction of six new permanent stadiums for the event have generated a carbon footprint eight times greater than FIFA’s estimate.  

In total, 1.6 million tonnes of CO2-eqivalent is predicted compared to the 200,000 tonnes that have been computed on the basis that the stadiums would be used for 60 years.

Transportation and accommodation also account for a massive number.

Greenly's calculations suggest that air travel of the 1.2 million fans for the World Cup could amount to around 2.4 million tonnes of CO2-equivalent.

This is apart from the transport of the 32 delegations expected to participate the World Cup.

Preferences of private jets that emits five to 14 times more CO2 on average than a regular commercial flight is only going to increase the number.

"It is important to remember that these are but estimates, and thus, should not be taken at face value," Alexis Normand, chief executive and and co-founder of Greenly, said.

"However, it shows that figures announced by Qatar fall short of reality by a significant degree."

With 3.2 billion viewers expected to watch the tournament on, the electricity production required to run these TV sets is also a source of CO2 emissions.

Qatar 2022 is being touted as the first carbon-neutral World Cup though it has more CO2 emissions that that of Russia 2018 and Brazil 2014, which was at 2 million tonnes of CO2 each.

Even if Qatar plans to offset emissions by buying carbon credits, it will remain insufficient as the total amount of carbon emissions remains largely underestimated.