HBKU's College of Public Policy Holds Climate Policy Day Dialogue

Doha, April 11 (QNA) - The College of Public Policy (CPP) at Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU) organized a Climate Policy Day on March 28, with three high-level events aimed at bridging science, public policy, and governance challenges. The full day of dialogue was led by Dr. Andreas Rechkemmer, Professor at CPP, and gathered international policy leaders, development experts, and academics. Co-organized with the Stimson Center in Washington, DC, a high-level roundtable centered around the report "Building Back Together and Greener: Twenty Initiatives for a Just, Healthy & Sustainable Global Recovery". The report advances a strategy to promote timely, effective, and global joint action, beginning with the UN and G20, to help advance broad consensus and action on building a healthy, sustainable, and inclusive future. The Stimson Center authored the report for Doha Forum 2022, where HBKU was an institutional partner. An "Authors Working Lunch Special Journal Issue on Climate Policy Innovation" brought together HBKU experts including Dr. Huda A. Al Sulaiti, Senior Research Director, Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute (QEERI), Dr. Rechkemmer, as well as faculty and students from HBKUs College of Law, and College of Islamic Studies, Qatar University, Doha Institute, and Macquarie University, among others. Participants exchanged ideas and contributions for a planned special journal issue on innovative climate policy. After the event, Dr. Rechkemmer said: "Climate Policy Day was designed to bridge the science, public policy, and governance dimensions of a broad-based multilateral approach to mitigate against the climate crisis. It was an opportunity to connect CPPs insights, solutions, and initiatives here in Qatar, with those of our institutional partners. We were able to build on the conversations that took place at Doha Forum 2022, which considered the paths ahead for the international community and multilateral organizations." (QNA)