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GPS COMPLETES A YEAR
Since launching on World Environment Day last year, the Green Programme for Schools (GPS) has seen major reductions in the electricity and water consumptions among participating schools. The GPS is...
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Doha Provides Gateway for Change
In a united bid to control global warming, nearly 200 countries agreed over talks to extend the Kyoto Protocol – a treaty that limits the greenhouse gas output of some rich countries, but will...
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Modest progress not enough
“The snail’s pace of the global political process on climate change frustrates many, but I predict it will accelerate sharply in the next three years.” In the run up to COP18, KPMG’s Special Global...
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Holding the baton of climate change
That the COP18 negotiations didn’t make any phenomenal announcements was expected but that it paved the way for a new global climate agreement to be finalised in 2015 and enabled a second period of...
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FINDING THE RIGHT MIX
SAYED AZAM-ALI CEO, CROPS FOR THE FUTURE RESEARCH CENTRE “CROPS FOR THE FUTURE” LOOKS TO QATAR TO IMPROVE DIVERSITY IN FOOD PRODUCTION Imagine your ultimate mid-afternoon fruit cocktail. It’s...
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BREATHING ABOVE THE LIMIT
BY ANNALISE FRANK IF POLICYMAKERS DON’T START THINKING PARTICULARLY ABOUT PARTICULATE MATTER, THE MINUSCULE SPECKS OF TOXIC DUST COULD CONTINUE GIVING CONSTRUCTION WORKERS RESPIRATORY TROUBLE AND HURT...
View ArticleTHE MIDDLE EAST’S NUCLEAR DREAM: FAR FROM REALITY?
By Muhammad Waqas, Booming economies and a desire to diversify from traditional hydrocarbons to generate more electricity have fuelled the interest of the region in exploring the prospects for nuclear...
View ArticleGreen talk in the classroom
Qatar Today speaks to the winners of the last Green Programme for Schools winners about their success in spreading the green message among their students. Qatar’s past and present environmental record...
View ArticleThe Green Programme for schools is back with added impetus
The Green Programme for Schools, the largest of its kind, in its second edition will potentially reach and influence over 25,000 students. Green Programme for Schools (GPS) is the most engaging contact...
View ArticleIn solid state
The prospects for Qatar’s energy sector look bright as the demand for natural gas is expected to double by 2040, not only because it is the cleanest fossil fuel but because of its abundant availability.…
View ArticleGPS-2 launched
The second edition of Green Programme for Schools (GPS), the most engaging initiative by Qatar Today, aimed at reaching, inspiring and rewarding students for their “Green initiatives,” held its...
View ArticleTechnology partners with community engagement
ExxonMobil has partnered with Qatar Today in the second edition of the Green Programme for Schools (GPS), an engaging initiative aimed at reaching, inspiring students towards sustainable living. With...
View ArticleCOP21: The Aftermath
By Sara Zubair, What is so historic about the agreement adopted at COP21 last month? Did the world genuinely embrace its “last chance to take the first step”? What does the agreement mean for Qatar?…
View ArticleGPS’s cool new partner
This year, Qatar Cool joins Qatar Today and the GPS team in helping spread the word about environmental sustainability among young students. In a conversation with Chief Executive Officer Yasser S. Al...
View ArticleTogether, for a better tomorrow
The third edition of the Qatar Today-powered Green Programme for Schools is back in 2016 with new partners and more participating schools. Qatar Today and its partners announce the start of the third...
View ArticleOn a worthy mission
Mission20 has been part of Qatar Today’s Green Programme for Schools since its first edition. We speak to founder Amanat Solanki about the organisation’s roots and how the right influence in his early...
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