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115. Report on Global Environment Competitiveness of Qatar

verfasst von : Li Jianping, Li Minrong, Wang Jinnan, Li Jianjian, Su Hongwen, Huang Maoxing

Erschienen in: Report on Global Environmental Competitiveness (2013)

Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

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Abstract

Qatar is located in Western Asia. Its sole land is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the south, and the rest of its territory surrounded by the Persian Gulf. It covers 11.6 thousand of square kilometers and has a population of 1.87 million. Its GDP reaches $172.98 billion in 2011. Through the index system and evaluation model, the environment competitiveness index of Qatar ranks at 118 in 133 countries.

Qatar is located in Western Asia, and it’s a peninsula which is located in the edge of the Arabian peninsula. Its sole land is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the south, and the rest of its territory surrounded by the Persian Gulf. It covers 11.6 thousand of square kilometers and has a population of 1.87 million. Its GDP reaches $172.98 billion in 2011. Through the index system and evaluation model, the environment competitiveness index of Qatar ranks at 118 in 133 countries.

Score: 44.30

Rank: 118

Table 115.1

Score and rank of all indicators of GEC

Indicators	Score	Rank
1 Resource Environment Competitiveness	18.45	56
1.1 Land Resources	1.10	130
Land area per capita	1.09	108
Percentage of arable land to total land area	1.88	124
Arable land per capita	0.34	130
1.2 Water Resources	0.23	133
Surface water	0.00	127
Annual precipitation	0.00	131
Groundwater	0.68	111
Total internal renewable water resources	0.24	121
1.3 Forest Resources	0.00	133
Growing stock in forest and other wooded land	N/A	N/A
Proportion of land area covered by forest	0.00	131
Forest area per capita	0.00	132
1.4 Energy Resources	60.55	1
Fossil energy	35.59	3
Energy production	100.00	1
Proportion of combustible renewable and waste to total energy consumption	0.00	120
Net energy imports of the energy consumption	99.15	2
2 Ecological Environment Competitiveness	52.22	50
2.1 Biodiversity	58.68	42
Threatened fish species	94.81	28
Threatened mammal species	98.37	11
Threatened plant species	100.00	1
GEF benefits index for biodiversity	0.10	122
2.2 Ecological Safeguard	4.02	114
Terrestrial protected areas	6.52	109
Marine protected areas	0.27	83
2.3 Air Quality	83.54	6
Inhalable particles (PM10)	85.40	39
Particulate matter (PM2.5)	100.00	1
Index of indoor air pollution	100.00	1
Nitrogen oxides emission	68.97	4
Sulfur dioxide emission	40.74	58
3 Environment Carrying Competitiveness	51.89	131
3.1 Agricultural Carrying	41.38	130
Cereal yield per unit of arable land	49.92	28
Fertilizer consumption per unit of arable land	0.00	131
Annual freshwater withdrawals for agriculture per unit of arable land	71.36	126
3.2 Industrial Carrying	89.16	87
Net exports of goods as a percentage of GDP	58.20	120
Electric power consumption per unit of value added of industry	98.47	7
SO₂ emissions per unit of value added of industry	99.98	15
Annual freshwater withdrawals for industry per value added of industry	100.00	1
3.3 Energy Consumption	30.29	118
Energy consumption per unit of land area	95.86	122
Ratio of clean energy consumption	0.00	116
Elasticity of energy consumption	14.34	33
Elasticity of electric power consumption	10.97	52
3.4 Greenhouse Gas	33.32	131
Growth rate of CO₂ emissions	25.73	128
Growth rate of Methane emissions	0.00	126
CO₂ emissions per unit of land area	93.77	130
CO₂ emissions per unit of energy consumption	21.39	113
4 Environment Management Competitiveness	45.32	89
4.1 Environmental Governance	100.00	1
Agricultural chemicals regulation	N/A	N/A
Percentage of the rural population with access to an improved water source	100.00	1
Percentage of the urban population with access to an improved water source	100.00	1
4.2 Ecological Protection	15.28	115
Area of plantation and afforestation	N/A	N/A
Biome protect	13.90	112
Overfishing of fishing resources	16.67	98
4.3 Resource Utilization	30.69	92
Utilization rate of water resources	18.46	5
Percentage of total internal renewable water resources to total water resources	96.55	4
Percentage of agricultural land to total land area	6.63	130
Percentage of fossil fuel energy consumption to total energy consumption	1.12	123
5 Environment Harmony Competitiveness	53.61	119
5.1 Population and Environment	38.73	132
Percentage of population with access to Improved sanitation facilities	100.00	1
Motor vehicles per 1,000 people	34.57	112
Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita	0.04	130
SO₂ emissions per capita	78.73	115
CO₂ emissions per capita	0.00	132
Energy consumption per capita	0.00	126
5.2 Economy and Environment	68.49	40
Land resource utilization efficiency	4.36	7
Sulfur dioxide emissions per unit of GDP	97.85	29
Carbon dioxide emissions per unit of GDP	82.15	86
Energy consumption per unit of GDP	89.61	46

Table 115.2

Rank distribution of the individual indicators of GEC

Sub-index	Number of the individual indicators	Rank 1–10	Rank 11–30	Rank 31–60	Rank 61–100	Rank 101–133
Resource Environment Competitiveness	14	3	0	0	0	10
Ecological Environment Competitiveness	11	5	2	2	0	2
Environment Carrying Competitiveness	15	1	2	1	1	10
Environment Management Competitiveness	10	4	0	0	1	3
Environment Harmony Competitiveness	10	2	1	1	1	5
Total	60	15	5	4	3	30

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