Doha has the largest carbon footprint per person in the world.
Qataris use five times the amount of carbon than the average
Briton, at 44 metric tonnes per person per year in 2009. This is
largely because of energy intensive air conditioning and
desalination plants for water. Because water and electricity is
free, there is little incentive to cut usage. The UK spends more
on gas from Qatar than any other country. In 2011 the UK spent
£4.25bn on Qatari gas, 70 per cent more than our next largest
import partner, Norway. This is not because the UK imports more
gas from Qatar than Norway but because it is much more
expensive. The tiny emirate has more than 15 per cent of the
world's proven gas reserves and has talked about using
“unconventional sources” in future, opening the possibility of
deepwater drilling or shale. Migrant workers, including workers
on gas rigs, make up more than 80 per cent of Qatar’s population
and come mostly from south and south-east Asia. According to
Amnesty International they are “inad