Seminars & Conferences

World Investor Week, initiated by the International Organisation for Securities Commission (IOSCO), and Qatar Sustainability Week 2022, initiated by Earthna (established under the Qatar Foundation (QF)), seek to raise awareness about sustainability, including sustainable finance. This session explores the growing trend of “green financing.” What is it, what qualities enable a financial product to be labeled “green” and what norms establish the qualities?

Throughout Facility Management, there are many processes & activities which are not well in line with the sustainability aspect, which is converted to be a real need for the coming generation's future

With this panel discussion, we are going to highlight the dark corners spread around from the design stage till the operation, and negotiate the solutions to make the Facility Management greener, and keep the facilities last longer with the surrounding environment and generation-friendly

The Qatar Financial Center (QFC) Regulatory Authority will provide a presentation at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar on the theme of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG). The presentation aims to address several relevant topics including sustainable taxonomy, climate related risks, financial stability risks in sustainable finance as well as ESG investing.

The presentation is organized in collaboration with the CMU-Q EcoCampus program.

QFCRA Collaboration with the College of Public Policy and Law on Sustainable Finance through a roundtable discussion with students. Panelists will be from the Qatar Financial Regulatory Authority, HBKU College of Public policy and law, College of Islamic Studies, and the Global Green Growth Institute.

We are pleased to invite you to the next “Meet the Expert” workshop in partnership with TotalEnergies and Qatar University on the Coral Reef Restoration “QataReef Project” on Tuesday October 11 at 9am.

The Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU) Sustainability Council is arranging a panel discussion about climate change and the Arab world. Climate change refers to long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns. These shifts may be natural, but since the 1800s, human activities have been the main driver of climate change, primarily due to burning fossil fuels (like coal, oil, and gas), which produce heat-trapping gases. Being the center of oil and gas production, the Middle East makes a lot of greenhouse gases.

This workshop is in partnership with QEERI, where three vital strands in Qatar’s progress towards sustainability and resource resilience are examined as follows: - 

This workshop considers the concept of circularity from a sectoral aspect, highlighting the need for government policy and legislation for a cross-sector collaborative approach - as follows: -

This workshop will examine Qatar’s ecology from the following perspectives: - 

This talk will seek to highlight Qatar’s unique challenges and outline the steps that the Earthna Center for a Sustainable Future at Qatar Foundation is taking to help chart a sustainable future for the country.