This year’s United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change’s Conference of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol, the
18th edition, currently taking place (from November 26 to
December 7), is by all means a very remarkable one. Not just
because the host country Qatar, is notorious for having the
world’s highest per capita carbon emissions, but because of some
other interesting reasons. One, the UNFCCC COP 18 in Doha marks
the first time the climate conference is hosted in the Gulf
region, which is a remarkable pointer to a future of an all-
inclusive global climate consciousness, simply because the
region is known for making money from selling fossil fuels, and
its affluent capital cities are massive consumers of state-
subsidised energy, with no care in the world about poverty. Two,
it is the first climate change conference to host a Gender Day
when the importance of women with regard to climate change is
evaluated and put in its proper perspective. Three, and most
importantly, it is the one that will test