05 October 2015
DOHA: As governments of 196 countries are getting ready to meet at Paris UN Climate Change Conference next month to forge a global agreement on setting long term goal on greenhouse gas (GHG) emission, Qatar will be attending the summit with huge credentials to demonstrate its commitment in the emission mitigation.
Qatar, the 2012 host country of UN Climate Change, has launched a series of emission mitigation projects over the past few years. The latest in the series is Qatargas-supported gas recovery facility.
The Qatargas project is expected to recover more than 600,000 tonnes of liquefied natural gas per year. Billed as the world's biggest environment protection investment, the $1bn project is capable of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 1.6million tonnes annually.
Demonstrating Qatar's commitment to implement the mitigation actions for the purpose of reducing the global GHG emission, Qatar has launched a series of national and international initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Qatar has put in place a number of voluntary initiatives to address climate change and sustainable development objectives. They include QP's Corporate objective of achieving zero gas flaring, Qatar's membership of the World Bank Greenhouse gas reduction programme, the recovery and utilisation of associated gas from Al Shaheen Field and subsequent registration of this project under the Clean development Mechanism.
The development of the Al Karakara oil field is the latest field to be developed in Qatar and the first to have zero gas flaring. Qatar's $15m contribution to the energy research and climate change fund announced at OPEC summit held in Riyadh is another gesture of the country's commitment in battling the emission rate.
The State of Qatar , in its initial National Communication to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, noted that Qatar is already working on a $70m 10-year joint research project with Shell, Qatar Petroleum, Qatar Science and Technology Park and Imperial College London focusing in carbon capture and storage technologies.
Qatar's $210m investment into the UK venture capital fund for clean energy is another major initiative in its battle against climate change.
Other initiatives that demonstrates Qatar's commitment in mitigating the greenhouse gas emission include the funding of research into clean technologies being undertaken at the Qatar Science and Technology Park and the investigation of energy and water use efficiency measures as part of a comprehensive study conducted by UN Economic and Social Commission for West Asia.
Initiatives also included are, among others, a recent investigation by QP into the use of renewable energy in Qatar; the establishment of formal institutions to manage climate change issues, the development of public transport systems including the investigation of electric taxis and buses and plans for a mass transport network and the initiation of a national team on "environmental policies for renewable energy", chaired by the Ministry of Environment (MoE).
The Ministry of Environment's communiqué to the UN cited that Qatar has made significant investments in its oil and gas industry leading to a substantial increase in the production and subsequent availability of these cleaner fossil fuels to consumers worldwide over the past decade.
As a result of consumer countries' switching to these premium fuels, particularly to LNG, Qatar has been contributing indirectly to the global efforts to mitigate climate change. Moreover, Qatar's exports of lower carbon cleaner fuels are helping consumer countries to realize their reduction commitments under the Kyoto Protocol and to improve domestic environmental conditions as an ancillary benefit e.g. better air quality conditions.
DOHA: As governments of 196 countries are getting ready to meet at Paris UN Climate Change Conference next month to forge a global agreement on setting long term goal on greenhouse gas (GHG) emission, Qatar will be attending the summit with huge credentials to demonstrate its commitment in the emission mitigation.
Qatar, the 2012 host country of UN Climate Change, has launched a series of emission mitigation projects over the past few years. The latest in the series is Qatargas-supported gas recovery facility.
The Qatargas project is expected to recover more than 600,000 tonnes of liquefied natural gas per year. Billed as the world's biggest environment protection investment, the $1bn project is capable of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 1.6million tonnes annually.
Demonstrating Qatar's commitment to implement the mitigation actions for the purpose of reducing the global GHG emission, Qatar has launched a series of national and international initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Qatar has put in place a number of voluntary initiatives to address climate change and sustainable development objectives. They include QP's Corporate objective of achieving zero gas flaring, Qatar's membership of the World Bank Greenhouse gas reduction programme, the recovery and utilisation of associated gas from Al Shaheen Field and subsequent registration of this project under the Clean development Mechanism.
The development of the Al Karakara oil field is the latest field to be developed in Qatar and the first to have zero gas flaring. Qatar's $15m contribution to the energy research and climate change fund announced at OPEC summit held in Riyadh is another gesture of the country's commitment in battling the emission rate.
The State of Qatar , in its initial National Communication to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, noted that Qatar is already working on a $70m 10-year joint research project with Shell, Qatar Petroleum, Qatar Science and Technology Park and Imperial College London focusing in carbon capture and storage technologies.
Qatar's $210m investment into the UK venture capital fund for clean energy is another major initiative in its battle against climate change.
Other initiatives that demonstrates Qatar's commitment in mitigating the greenhouse gas emission include the funding of research into clean technologies being undertaken at the Qatar Science and Technology Park and the investigation of energy and water use efficiency measures as part of a comprehensive study conducted by UN Economic and Social Commission for West Asia.
Initiatives also included are, among others, a recent investigation by QP into the use of renewable energy in Qatar; the establishment of formal institutions to manage climate change issues, the development of public transport systems including the investigation of electric taxis and buses and plans for a mass transport network and the initiation of a national team on "environmental policies for renewable energy", chaired by the Ministry of Environment (MoE).
The Ministry of Environment's communiqué to the UN cited that Qatar has made significant investments in its oil and gas industry leading to a substantial increase in the production and subsequent availability of these cleaner fossil fuels to consumers worldwide over the past decade.
As a result of consumer countries' switching to these premium fuels, particularly to LNG, Qatar has been contributing indirectly to the global efforts to mitigate climate change. Moreover, Qatar's exports of lower carbon cleaner fuels are helping consumer countries to realize their reduction commitments under the Kyoto Protocol and to improve domestic environmental conditions as an ancillary benefit e.g. better air quality conditions.
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