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Qatar attends meeting on CO2 emissions in Montreal

Published: 21 Jul 2022 - 08:05 am | Last Updated: 21 Jul 2022 - 08:10 am
Qatar Civil Aviation Authority official Mohammed Faleh Al Hajri attending the high-level meeting in Montreal, Canada.

Qatar Civil Aviation Authority official Mohammed Faleh Al Hajri attending the high-level meeting in Montreal, Canada.

QNA

Montreal: The State of Qatar, represented by the Qatar Civil Aviation Authority, participating in the high-level meeting on the Feasibility of a Long-term Aspirational Goal for International Aviation CO2 Emissions Reductions (HLM-LTAG) at the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) Headquarters in Montreal, Canada, from July 19 to 22, 2022.

The State of Qatar is  represented at the meeting by Mohammed Faleh Al Hajri, who is in charge of running the work of Qatar Civil Aviation Authority. 

In his speech, Al Hajri reviewed the efforts of the Civil Aviation Authority in the field of environmental protection, and explained that the State of Qatar has placed environmental development as one of the four main pillars of Qatar National Vision 2030, stressing that achieving this vision is a national responsibility.

Al Hajri also praised the role of the organisation, the Council, the Advisory Committee on Climate Change and the work teams for the efforts made, reiterating Qatar’s commitment to work with the organisation to confront common environmental challenges and achieve the goals sought by the civil aviation sector.

The meeting discusses scenarios for reducing carbon dioxide emissions as well as means of implementation and monitoring of progress before concluding its work by developing recommendations.

The State of Qatar is an active member of the organisation, as well as the Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection (CAEP) at ICAO and the Long-Term Aspirational Goal Task Group (LTAG-TG).