FM stresses Qatar's keenness to face climate change challenges

He said that he was happy to participate in the summit to underscore Qatar's keenness to tackle the climate change challenges and offered his sincere thanks to Egypt for hosting the summit, adding that Qatar aspires for further co-operation in securing a sustainable future for the world.Qatar participated in COP27 conference works with a delegation headed by HE Sheikh Mohamed. He also participated in the ceremony of launching the second edition of the Middle East Green Initiative Summit 2022 that was organised on the sidelines of the conference. The second edition highlighted the most prominent climate challenges facing the region and their dimensions at the global level, through an strategic platform that enhances the co-operation, share of expertise, discuss the ideas between the concerned state leaders, governments' ministers and decision-makers in the states of the region in pursuit of contributing to accelerating the transition to the green economy and building more sustainable future for generations to come.During its participation in COP27, Qatar discussed its accomplishments in the climate field, especially with respect to the sustainable development plan of Qatar that works on multi-faceted themes with the objective of striking a balance between the economic and social development, as well as introducing the Qatari projects that conserve the environment, as Qatar places great importance on the climate change issue, and this was demonstrated through hosting one of the important stations for the climate change negotiations in 2012 represented in the18th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP18).Qatar is participating in the events of the summit held on the sidelines of the conference with a big suite that includes several ministries, authorities and institutions in Qatar to highlight its efforts in mitigating the effects of greenhouse gas emissions and adapting to the climate change phenomenon, in addition to discussing the most prominent accomplishments made by Qatar in environment, oil, natural gas, energy, water, transportation, building, construction and infrastructure, along with the efforts of achieving the economic diversity, research and development in climate change, renewable energy, energy efficiency improvements, waste management and methods of capitalising on carbon dioxide, water and food security and biodiversity.