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Greener World Cup? Qatar’s mobile transfer stations are almost ready

The Gulf nation is introducing environmental solutions to meet the sustainability goals associated with hosting this year’s World Cup. In a bid to deliver a ‘sustainable’ World Cup this year,…

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All Karwa city taxis will now be electric

All public transportation in the country will be fully electric by 2030. All Karwa taxis around Doha will soon be fully electric in the country’s latest effort to switch to…

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Turkish Airlines launches sustainability themed aircraft

Turkish Airlines used a special leaf design for its aircraft which uses environmentally friendly biofuel. Turkish Airlines has used a special design adorned with leaves on its Airbus 321 type…

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New electric car charging service launched

Kahramaa, in collaboration with Tarsheed, has completed the installation and operation of 25 electric vehicle charging stations around Qatar. A new electronic service has been launched that allows people to request…

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Final batch of electric buses for FIFA World Cup 2022 arrive

Electric buses will be employed on 44 Metrolink routes and 48 public transport routes by 2023 and beyond. The final bath of electric buses for the FIFA World Cup 2022…

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Arab Youth Climate Movement Qatar release region’s first carbon footprint app

The Arab Youth Climate Movement Qatar is the first registered independent, non-profit, youth-led, grassroots association in Qatar. The Middle East’s first-ever Carbon Footprint tracking application was launched by the Arab…

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Masraf Al Rayan launches Qatar’s first ever green deposit

Last year, Qatar announced plans to minimise 25% of its carbon footprint by 2030 as part of its ‘Climate Change Action Plan.’ Masraf Al-Rayan has officially launched the country’s first…

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Here’s how Qatar’s Hawksbill turtles project helps thousands of the species

A total of 31,586 baby turtles were released throughout 2019-2021. Qatar has helped release over 31,000 hawksbill baby turtles in less than three years from the specially demarcated area of…

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QNB’s new technology to allow ‘instant’ international transactions

QNB and Ripple’s latest partnership means international transactions will be completed within seconds. QNB has announced the launch of a remittance service developed in partnership with Ripple, a well-known blockchain-based…

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