Glasgow, November 01 (QNA) - HE Minister of Environment and Climate Change Dr. Sheikh Faleh bin Nasser Al-Thani opened the pavilion of the State of Qatar at 26th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP26), currently underway in Glasgow, Scotland.
Welcoming the exhibition's guests from the delegations of about 200 countries participating in the conference, HE the Minister of Environment and Climate Change stressed the commitment of the State of Qatar to pursue efforts to reduce carbon emissions and reduce global warming.
Several Qatari bodies are participating in the exhibition, including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Qatar Energy, the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy, and Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development (QF).
The pavilion of the State of Qatar will organize, for twelve days, workshops and discussion sessions to tackle ways to confront the effects of climate change and the prospects for limiting its repercussions.
The State of Qatar has pledged to reduce greenhouse emissions by 25 percent, according to the business-as-usual scenario, by 2030, and has also adopted a national strategy for the environment and climate change based on restoring biodiversity, enhancing land use, increasing green spaces, and improving water and waste management.
The State of Qatar has also taken several measures to develop technologies to adopt clean energy, reduce the loss of desalinated water and work to recycle and use it, as well as improve air quality.
The State of Qatar hosted the Conference of the Parties at its eighteenth session in 2012, which contributed to concluding the Paris Climate Agreement three years later.
As part of the State of Qatars keenness to play its role as an active partner with the international community, HH the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani announced at the United Nations Climate Action Summit in 2019 the State of Qatars contribution of $100 million to support small island developing states and the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) to deal with climate change, natural hazards and environmental challenges, and build capacity to face their impacts. (QNA)