The Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and businessman Elon Musk were among the speakers on the second day of the Qatar Economic Forum, as a global economic recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic and rising challenges such as food insecurity and the need for energy diversification were high on the agenda.
“Supporting the economy and investments and innovation while keeping shared values and maintaining peace is the way to build capabilities to overcome the challenges that the whole of humanity faces,” Qatar`s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani said in his opening remarks on Tuesday. “Qatar is responsible as a partner in the global community to face the global change and its effect on humans,” he added.
The forum, which is hosted by Bloomberg, will focus on the need to diversify the world`s economy and develop the renewable energy sector, according to Al Jazeera`s Jamal Elshayyal, reporting from the event.
“But the forum is not just looking at things from a financial perspective, there is also discussion of adjacent topics such as the environment or the role of politics and human rights in developing economies,” Elshayyal said.
