Tag archives for Doha
CSR in Qatar: Youth and Health Are a Start
A comfortable standard of living and high incomes do not mean a country is free of social problems. Read on as we explore CSR in Qatar.
Video: Msheireb a Huge Step in Transforming Downtown Doha
Msheireb in downtown Doha is bringing together the best talent within Qatar and beyond to build the most sustainable structures possible in the Middle East.
Is Al Gore a Hypocrite for Selling Current TV To Al Jazeera?
Last week Qatar-based Al Jazeera Media Network announced that it will acquire the American cable news channel Current TV. Co-founded by Al Gore and Joel Hyatt in 2005, the supposed left-leaning rival to MSNBC had problems attracting viewers and keeping hosts. Terms of ...
Qatar Sustainability Roundup: Clean Carbon and Renewed Aquifers?
About every 10 days we will give a round up of sustainability and corporate social responsibility news in various countries across the world where GGP has a strong interest. We start with Qatar.
The Little Gulf Country That Could: Qatar’s Finest Sustainability Moments of 2012
Qatar, the nation with the highest per capital carbon emissions has made great progress during 2012.
How Leaders and Citizens Can Learn From Qatar’s Focus on the Water-Energy Nexus
Qatar's policies offer lessons on how countries can develop a strategy to cope with the ever complicated energy-water nexus.
Are Saudi Arabia and Qatar The New Titans of Solar?
Saudi Arabia claims it will invest $109 billion in order to generate 30% of its domestic energy needs by 2032, and Qatar is not far behind.
Qatar Diaries: Could Bhutan Knock Some Sense Into COP18?
Should the rest of the world follow Bhutan's model and emphasize well-being and happiness, not economic metrics?
Can Youth Anger Make a Difference at COP18 Doha?
Many youth organizations are frustrated with the United Nation’s slow pace at COP18 and are taking matters in their own hands.
COP18 Opens As a Great Showcase For Qatar; But Will There Be Results?
COP18, or the 18th United Nations Climate Change Conference, has opened in Doha, and as usual, tensions will be high between richer and poorer countries
Qatar’s LEED Gold Certified Convention Center Helps Cut COP18’s Carbon Footprint
The efforts to cut COP18's carbon emissions start with the Qatar National Convention Center, situated just outside Doha’s massive Education City.
Why Qatar Is The Right Choice to Host COP18
It would be easy to question why COP18 should be held in Qatar, a nation built upon petroleum and natural gas riches. But the choice was the right one.