DOHA: Business leaders from across Qatar will attend KPMG’s climate change and sustainability seminar to discuss the challenges and opportunities of innovative growth in Qatar and the GCC region.
More than 30 delegates from oil and gas, banking and real estate industry will attend the seminar, which will be held at the Sharq Village and Spa Wednesday.
Attendees will hear from Yvo De Boer (pictured), KPMG’s Special Global Advisor, Climate Change and Sustainability, on system of forces important for business leaders to understand and opportunities for future proof economic growth in Qatar.
De Boer is a former executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC), the body responsible for a multi-lateral response to the climate change challenge.
“With UN Climate change conference (COP 18/CMP8) scheduled to be held in Doha in Nov-December, we felt a need to have a session before the event to discuss with key stake holders some of the global trends and initiatives in the space of Climate change and sustainability. Although the industry sectors has invested considerably in sustainability in recent years as indicated in the Qatar national master plan, a number of steps still need to be taken for Qatar to become a leader in sustainable technology within the region and globally”,KMG Qatar’s Partner, Gopal Balasubramanian, said.
Physical assets and supply chains are getting affected by the unpredictable results of a changing climate, and businesses can expect an ever more complex web of sustainability legislation and fiscal instruments.
Gopal, said, Qatar has reached the point of development where the economy is growing leaps and bounds, and issues like climate change and sustainability are becoming a more prevalent concern, especially with the massive production and export of hydro carbon products, huge dependence on sea for fresh water and significant dependence on imports for food.
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