00:00our main focus here is to
00:03inspire empower educate children
00:05youth and the public in general
00:07so we can do what we can
00:09to keep Qatar clean and beautiful
00:10for generations to come
00:15running from 1 to 8 November
00:17Qatar Sustainability Week
00:19celebrated its 10th edition this year
00:21what started as a small awareness campaign
00:23has grown into a national movement
00:25bigger
00:26louder
00:27and more hands-on than ever.
00:31ERSNA, Center for a Sustainable Future,
00:33an initiative of Qatar Foundation.
00:35We are leading the efforts around Qatar's Sustainability Week,
00:39but we only see ourselves as a platform.
00:41We are here to give a space for anyone from families,
00:45students, businesses, administrations,
00:47to design and deliver their own activities
00:51to raise awareness around sustainability at large.
00:54Sustainability at large isn't just an idea.
00:58It's part of Qatar's transformation,
01:01with nearly 200 SDG indicators tracked nationwide.
01:05At Qatar Foundation's Oxygen Park,
01:08a family marathon brought those goals to life,
01:11turning numbers into action.
01:13We have more than 150 students participating from the center
01:17and running to support for the Sustainable Development Goals.
01:21And the marathon itself, it's contained a 17 station.
01:25Each station represents one of the SDGs,
01:28and our students are here in order to run and support the SDGs
01:32to raise the awareness in the community
01:34about how we can be part of the sustainability.
01:38Along Qatar's coast,
01:39mangroves are doing the heavy lifting against climate change.
01:43As part of the world's largest mangrove relocation,
01:45Khamad Port has replanted over 36,000 trees,
01:49filtering salt, absorbing carbon, and anchoring shorelines,
01:53helping Qatar cut greenhouse gas emissions by 25% by 2030.
01:58We are Earthner at Qatar Foundation,
02:01in line with the Qatar National Vision 2030.
02:04We are implementing,
02:06with the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change,
02:08some parts of their strategy,
02:10mainly into the wildlife conservation and restoration.
02:13And one of these projects is the mangrove restoration project.
02:17So this project is meant to develop resilience in the coastal zone
02:21by planting 40 hectares of mangroves.
02:24From mangroves to beaches,
02:26families are rolling up their sleeves to tackle Qatar's waste.
02:30Deep Qatar Conservation has run 550-plus cleanup drives,
02:34collecting over 230 tons of trash,
02:38from single-use plastics to everyday litter,
02:40all responsibly disposed of through recycling or managed landfills.
02:44More than 300 people participated
02:46on the different educational activities that we hosted during the week.
02:50We held two different cleanup drives in the desert
02:53with nothing but our bare hands.
02:55In addition to that,
02:56I did some school visits
02:57where we talked about the global and local impact of plastic pollution,
03:01focusing on what we can do to help mitigate the problem.
03:04Trash isn't just on beaches or in deserts.
03:07It accumulates everywhere.
03:08Enter e-waste.
03:10Electronics are everywhere.
03:12Phones, tablets, keyboards, cables.
03:15When they stop working,
03:16they can pile up fast,
03:18creating a serious waste problem.
03:20Qatar Foundation is collecting these devices,
03:23breaking them down,
03:25and recycling the valuable materials inside.
03:31Electronic waste is the fastest growing waste streams in the world.
03:34It has a lot of toxins in them,
03:37such as cadmium, arsenic, and mercury.
03:40It causes a lot of problems for the environment.
03:43What we're trying to do is,
03:43we're trying to divert as much as waste from the landfill.
03:46And we're trying to support Qatar's circular economy as well.
03:51Circular action is taking over Qatar.
03:53The country is targeting 2 to 4 gigawatts of solar capacity by 2030,
03:58and has already cut electricity and water consumption by around 20% in the last decade.
04:04This shift sets the business foundation for sustainability at large.
04:08We've got Qatar Foundation who have introduced the Clean Plate campaign
04:13within their restaurants and cafes in the whole of Education City,
04:17where they're asking people to just put whatever they know they're going to eat on their plate,
04:21because food waste is a huge issue and a huge challenge here in Qatar.
04:26We've seen, for example, in the hospitality sector,
04:28the hotels focusing on their sustainability initiatives,
04:31whether related to recycling,
04:33whether related to eliminating plastic within their operations.
04:37Qatar Sustainability Week has become a force for change,
04:42aligned with national targets and measurable metrics.
04:45Solar and other renewables are set to triple in Qatar's energy mix,
04:49reaching 18% by 2030.
04:52Sustainability here isn't just a slogan.
04:54It's a strategy in motion.
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