Doha-based youth environment group meets with COP26 president

AYCMQA co-founder Neeshad Shafi joins COP 26 president Alok Sharma and British ambassador Jon Wilks during a meeting at the British embassy in Qatar recently.

The Arab Youth Climate Movement Qatar (AYCMQA) recently held a meeting with COP 26 president Alok Sharma at the British embassy here to discuss pressing issues related to the environment that the youth in Qatar want to address. AYCMQA co-founder Neeshad Shafi said that during the meeting Sharma assured young people across the world that they would be given the opportunity to develop concrete proposals for the pre-COP 26 in Milan and at COP26 in the Scottish city of Glasgow. “We had a fruitful interaction with Mr Alok Sharma, who was in Qatar to accelerate the progress on climate negotiations ahead of the 26th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 26). “Our group also had the opportunity to share about AYCMQA and the concerns of youth in Qatar, and the integration of youth demands to Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) ahead of COP 26 to the UN climate change conference,” Shafi told Gulf Times in a statement.