Inaugural Earthna Summit to focus on sustainability pathways for hot and dry desert environments

Inaugural Earthna Summit to focus on sustainability pathways for hot and dry desert environments

Cairo, Egypt: Sustainability issues faced by countries with hot and arid climactic characteristics will be the focus of the first Earthna Summit at Msheireb Downtown Doha on 8-9 March.

Organized by the Earthna Center for a Sustainable Future, a member of Qatar Foundation, in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, the carbon-neutral event will bring together local, regional and international policymakers, thought leaders, academics, and businesses to discuss topics around how to create new sustainability frameworks; food security, adaptation and resilience; climate and energy; and biodiversity, ecosystems and indigenous knowledge.

Titled, ‘Building New Sustainability Pathways for Hot and Arid Environments’, the event will convene over 500 participants for plenary speeches, panel discussions, roundtables, and workshops. The interactive sessions will help identify sustainability solutions centered around the unique needs of these countries, merging technology but also drawing on traditional practices and cultural values, smart cities, and food security.

Speakers include His Excellency, Fahad Mohammed Al-Attiyah, Ambassador of the State of Qatar to the United Kingdom; Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE, founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and UN Messenger of Peace; Ian Vasquez, Vice President of the Cato Institute, a public policy research organization; Abdel-Wahed Al-Wakil, renowned architect; and Vaclav Smil, Distinguished