oa Building Resilience: Insights and Outcomes from the Qatar Resilience Symposium 2025
QRS2025
Abstract
The Qatar Resilience Symposium 2025 (QRS2025) Report presents a comprehensive overview of Qatar's ongoing efforts to advance national resilience across sectors. Organized and hosted by Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU) and Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute (QEERI) in collaboration with Earthna and supported by Qatar Research, Development and Innovation Council (QRDI), QRS2025 brought together policymakers, researchers, practitioners, private-sector leaders, and community stakeholders to strengthen collective understanding and action on resilience. Through multidisciplinary sessions and thematic discussions, the symposium explored climate risks, resilient infrastructure systems, public health preparedness, governance frameworks, and the role of emerging technologies in bolstering national adaptive capacity. The report highlights Qatar's evolving resilience priorities, addressing climate impacts, infrastructure vulnerabilities, supply chain challenges, and socio-economic risks, while outlining actionable strategies aligned with national development goals such as Qatar National Vision 2030 (QNV2030) and Qatar National Development Strategy 3 (QNDS3). Serving as both a reference and a forward-looking guide, the QRS2025 report underscores Qatar's commitment to proactive planning, integrated decision-making, and long-term sustainability, offering a solid foundation for future collaboration and policy innovation.
Table of Contents
A Message from the Vice President for Research, HBKU
A Message from The Executive Director, QEERI
CHAPTER 1: TOWARD A RESILIENT QATAR - INTEGRATING RISK, INFRASTRUCTURE, POLICY, AND TECHNOLOGY
CHAPTER 2: CLIMATE RISKS AND ADVANCING LOCALIZED IMPACT MAPPING FOR NATIONAL RESILIENCE IN QATAR
CHAPTER 3: RESILIENCE THROUGH ROBUST INFRASTRUCTURE AND INTERCONNECTED SYSTEMS
CHAPTER 4: INTEGRATED GOVERNANCE AND POLICY FRAMEWORKS TO NAVIGATE COMPLEX RISKS
CHAPTER 5: TECHNOLOGICAL PATHWAYS TO INDUSTRIAL AND SUPPLY CHAIN RESILIENCE
