Over Polluted Qatar Hosts UN Climate Conference
Green Prophet
NOVEMBER 8, 2012
This month’s United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP18) will be hosted by Qatar, the tiny peninsula nation in the Persian Gulf that holds the world record for per capita CO2 emissions. According to a report entitled Indicators of Sustainable Development 2011 released by Qatar’s statistics’ authority, the state has experienced a 27% annual increase in ozone-depleting substances, 9.3% Qatar has held the emissions world record for two decades.
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