Doha: The city where water costs more than petrol
COP18: RTCC’s Daniel Schweimler heads into Doha and discovers the country has a long way to go before it can call itself truly ‘green’
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If petrol were the source of life, then Doha would be the Garden of Eden.
It’s a city without a natural source of water, but gallons of hydrocarbons, fuelling the construction boom evident across the horizon.
RTCC’s Daniel Schweimler spent Wednesday morning on the city’s streets, and asking what we can learn from COP18’s hosts.
Welcome to Doha, where petrol is cheaper than water from Responding to Climate Change on Vimeo.
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