3 days ago
Qatar, IAEA discuss marine environment protection cooperation
QNA
Monaco
Minister of Environment and Climate Change HE Dr Abdullah bin Abdulaziz bin Turki Al Subaie met Director of the Marine Laboratories of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Florence Descroix-Comanducci, during an official visit to the laboratories' headquarters in the Principality of Monaco. The visit took place on the sidelines of his participation in the Third UN Ocean Conference in Nice, France.
The meeting discussed areas of joint cooperation between the State of Qatar and the IAEA, as well as ways to strengthen the partnership in marine environmental protection and in enhancing national technical capacities for monitoring environmental changes using advanced nuclear and radiological technologies.
He also took a field tour of the labs, where he was briefed on the advanced equipment and methods used for analyzing marine pollutants, and how these technologies support international efforts to protect oceans and seas from the impacts of climate change and human activity.
This visit reflects Qatar's commitment to strengthening international cooperation in environmental protection and benefiting from global technical expertise to develop its environmental system.
