(MENAFN- The Peninsula)
Doha: The State of Qatar has participated in the Second United Nations Global Sustainable Transport Conference. Hosted by Beijing, China, the Conference was inaugurated yesterday via videoconferencing by President of the People's Republic of China H E Xi Jinping and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. The Qatari delegation was headed by Minister of Transport and Communications H E Jassim Saif Ahmed Al Sulaiti.
The minister also participated in the Plenary Ministerial Session held during the conference and chaired by Chinese Minister of Transport H E Li Xiaopeng.
Providing an opportunity to focus attention on the opportunities, challenges and solutions towards achieving sustainable transport worldwide, the event is attended by several heads of states and governments, diplomats, representatives of international and civil society organizations and chairs of businesses and organizations from the private sector.
The Conference is discussing key transportation issues that serve the UN Sustainable Development Agenda 2030 and the Paris Climate Agreement, in addition to several topics relating to the impact of sustainable transportation on economic recovery, green development, regional development, innovation, city sustainability, poverty eradication and the role of technology in transportation sector sustainability.
Qatar has made great strides on its ecofriendly sustainable transportation plans. In this regard, MOTC, in association with bodies concerned, has begun executing a strategy for a full and gradual switch to electric buses, aiming to electrify public transit buses by 2030.
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