Qatar Living speaks to the environmentalist and social change advocate, Neeshad Shafi, to know more about how he became one of the World’s 100 most influential people in Climate Policy.
Neeshad is an environmentalist, speaker and social change advocate. He is originally from India and holds a master’s degree in Energy and Environmental Engineering.
Currently based in Doha, Qatar, Neeshad is the Executive Director at the Arab Youth Climate Movement Qatar and the Curator at Global Shapers (Doha Hub).
“I started a collaboration with one of my Qatar colleagues, and we called it -Arab youth climate movement Qatar,” he said.
Slovenia Times
24. April, 2021
Ljubljana – Business documents that the STA sent to the government on Thursday in a bid to resolve the months-long standoff over financing were returned to the agency on Friday, but the STA management rejected receipt of the package and the courier took it back to the seat of the government.
The STA quizzed the Government Communications Office (UKOM) about the move, but UKOM said it had still not received the documents.
The prime minister’s office meanwhile sent a letter to the STA as the package with the documents was returned asking the STA management to send it to UKOM.
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Qatar has provided medical and humanitarian aid to as many as 88 countries across the globe, the country’s Government Communications Office (GCO) has highlighted.
In a post on its Twitter page, the GCO drew attention to Qatar’s support to the global fight against the pandemic, stating that the combined aid from Qatari government and non-government entities amounts to more than $256 million.
The GCO listed some of Qatar’s endeavors in this regard, such as
The State of #Qatar has been providing medical and humanitarian assistance across the globe since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Aid from government and non-government entities stands at over $256 million, and has been offered to around 88 countries. #YourSafetyIsMySafetypic.twitter.com/WFHAd4tywn مكتب الاتصال الحكومي (@GCOQatar) April 22, 2021
This report is part of the Hajj (Pilgrimage) to Washington project published by
Sasapost. It covers the Middle East lobbies in the US between 2010 and 2020. Most of the report is based on documents from the US Department of Justice database, operating under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA). This legislation requires lobbyists to disclose their activities and funds, ensuring that all documents are publicly accessible online.
Thanks to its supportive foreign policy during the Arab Spring, Qatar earned itself many allies and rivals. Among its main opponents is its southern neighbour, Saudi Arabia, and its other neighbour, the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Both countries supported counter-revolutions and sought to suppress and stifle any movement or democratic transition upholding freedoms and advocating for the basic principles of decent living conditions in the region.
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Only 20% of them are employed as workers in the construction sector, which accounts for less than 10% of all deaths between 2014 and 2019. Photo source: sc.qa
The Peninsula
Doha: In an interview with the French newspaper Le Figaro, Sheikh Thamer bin Hamad Al Thani, Deputy Director for Media Affairs of the Government Communications Office, confirmed that calls to boycott the 2022 World Cup in Qatar were based on misleading media reports, adding that those calling for a boycott ignored the progress the State of Qatar has made in reforming its labour law and promoting migrant workers’ rights. He said that it was good to see that in recent weeks, many football associations, NGOs and fan groups have realised that a boycott is not a constructive outcome, explaining that Qatar fully supports footballers and football associations who use their platform to promote human rights. Their criticism of the 2022 World Cup, however, is misplaced, and that Qatar has made ta