AYCMQ concludes phase one of carbon footprint exercise, second phase to begin soon – The Peninsula

AYCMQ concludes phase one of carbon footprint exercise, second phase to begin soon – The Peninsula

Doha: The Arab Youth Climate Movement Qatar has recently concluded the first phase of its ongoing ‘Household Carbon Footprint Initiative.’ The organisation held a ceremony to celebrate the participating schools to mark the conclusion. The survey aims to understand Qatar’s resource consumption and carbon footprint. Around 650 teachers were trained to support students carrying out the survey.

Carbon footprint means the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) released into the atmosphere due to the activities of a particular individual, organisation, or community.

Speaking to The Peninsula, Neeshad Shafi, Executive Director, AYCMQ, said that though the survey didn’t reach its targeted reach of households for data collection, it has a good number to proceed with its findings. During the initiative’s launch last year, AYCMQ disclosed that the survey would be accomplished in three phases, including information gathering, targeting 1,800-2,000 households and several schools across Qatar.

“We completed our first phase where we ran the programme with participating students,” Shafi said.

“We have a good number of applications to proceed with some comprehensive outcomes and basis on the survey results that we have. So we will be working to reach more schools after the World Cup to have more complete data. We targeted more than 1,000 households