Tag: legislation

    What are the most pressing environmental issues for Qatar’s incoming Shura Council?
    14 Oct 2021

    With Qatar just a day away from its first elected Shura Council, incoming members will be met with various issues, Doha News states. The Shura Council elections in Qatar have been revered as a historic and massive step forward for the Gulf state in improving public inclusion in legislative matters. More so, the elections have […]

    In India, the government recognized rivers as living beings. In many other countries, they received the status of a legal entity

    Indian government recognized rivers as living beings to protect watercourses at the legal level. Both eco-activists and the indigenous people are fighting for this. In order for this movement to gain worldwide recognition, a special Declaration of the Rights of the Rivers was developed, which anyone can sign. (You can see on the cover the […]

    Oman weighs legislation to enable the issuance of green, blue and social bonds

    As part of its continuous development efforts to enhance and diversify the capital market in Oman with various types of fundraising instruments to meet the issuers’ and investors’ needs, the Capital Market Authority (CMA) has come up with a new draft Regulation for Bonds and Sukuk, Oman Observer reports. It includes the new requirements for […]

    The EU aims to ban the sale of cars on gasoline and diesel from 2035
    17 Jul 2021

    The EU plans to ban the sale of cars with diesel and gasoline engines from 2035. This is provided by the program to combat climate change until 2050, called Fit for 55, which the European Commission presented on July 15, Deutsche Welle reports. These measures are expected to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in all segments […]