Meteorologist Elisa Raffa

⚽️2 historic games, 🥁🎺2 fan marches with the final 2 teams 🇪🇸🇦🇷, 🎤3 iconic performances, 🍺countless FanFests, 📱2 clogged phones, 💜 but 2 very full hearts

summer did not disappoint! What an incredible, bucket list opportunity to be a part of this historic sports moment in the most vibrant host city in the country. We met people from around the world, learned about their culture & danced to their music. We covered countless sports & climate story angles through the tournament for various media outlets, my first time back in the thick of it in a year. I am so incredibly proud of the tireless work we put into this tournament, co-shooting & co-producing it together, all while having the time of our lives.

⚽️🏆While I am very sad it’s over, I am still smiling so wide that it happened. 🥲

⚽️🏟️♻️ "We are competitive on the field, we are collaborative off the field. That's something that we really pride ourselves on, is being transparent and leading with inspiration and education.”

Mercedes-Benz is the first stadium in the world to earn various certifications for its cleaner energy use and zero waste efforts. Now on the global stage hosting the World Cup Semi-final match between defending champs Argentina and England, the sustainability team hopes their efforts can help inspire other spaces to compete - off the field - in sustainability.

"We should be the baseline, Mercedes-Benz Stadium, not be the top outlier."

📝⚽️ I got to chat one-on-one with Sustainable Initiatives Manager, Andrew Bohenko for a deep dive with Yahoo Sports!

Climate change is the silent referee of the World Cup The magnitude and excitement of the tournament is undeniable, but so is its carbon footprint.

🥵🏟️"Heat preparedness has just become a part of event planning. It's not an optional add-on at the end."

📝⚽️I got to dive into details for Yahoo Sports, chatting with Miami-Dade Environmental Resources about how heat needs to be treated like stronger hurricanes & higher sea-levels when it comes to preparedness & resilience.

Too hot to host? World Cup cities are heating up A new analysis found World Cup host cities are experiencing far more extreme heat than when they last hosed the tournament, forcing organizer to rethink how the games are staged

Nothing says 🇺🇸Happy 2️⃣5️⃣0️⃣th Birthday like baseball, hot dogs, & a huge Mets L ⚾️🌭🎆

🥵"Heat-related illness and some of the more severe forms of that are completely preventable."

📝⚽️I had the incredible opportunity to write about extreme heat impacts during the World Cup for Yahoo Sports! I chatted with Los Angeles County Department of Public Health & Miami-Dade Environmental Resources about keeping fans safe at matches & outdoor watch parties in host cities, & how we can be more resilient against the biggest weather hazard to our health.

‪🔗👀 https://sports.yahoo.com/soccer/article/heating-up-and-slowing-down-how-extreme-heat-is-putting-stress-on-world-cup-players-and-fans-160000016.html‬

Heating up and slowing down: How extreme heat is putting stress on World Cup players and fans Extreme heat has emerged as one of the biggest storylines of this World Cup, with scientists warning climate change is making conditions more dangerous for players and fans across many host cities

My mayor is Muslim
My bagels are Jewish
I have no voice that was a wild ride
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