Christiana Figueres

Blog 4 Qatar

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November 30th 2012
Yesterday we spent the whole day at the conference center. It was a really amazing experience; I got to sit in on some high level conversations between countries, got to meet even more new people, and got to ask both the Executive Secretariat and the President of the COP a question. Both of them were very nice and funny, actually. When I said I was from Alberta, the President went on about how he& ... read more

Middle East » Qatar » Doha

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Ruled by the Al Thani family since the mid-1800s, Qatar transformed itself from a poor British protectorate noted mainly for pearling into an independent state with significant oil and natural gas revenues. During the late 1980s and early 1990s, the ... ... read more