From Zero Waste to COP31: Türkiye's Climate Diplomacy panel was held

The panel at the Presidency started with the opening speeches of COP31 President and Minister of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change Murat Kurum and Presidential Communications Director Burhanettin Duran.

Later, it was moderated by Yozgat Bozok University Faculty of Communication Lecturer Assoc. Dr. In the panel chaired by Merve Özdemir, Halil Hasar, Head of Climate Change of the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change, Ankara University Faculty of Applied Sciences Faculty Member Prof. Dr. Abdulmenaf Turan, COP31 Presidential Office Director Mehmet Ali Kahraman and Zero Waste Foundation General Manager Mustafa Erdağı took part as speakers.

The panel discussed the relationship of the Zero Waste approach with climate policies, Türkiye's role in climate diplomacy and the responsibilities that can be assumed in the process leading to COP31.

In his speech here, Halil Hasar reminded that hosting negotiations for COP31 started 3.5 years ago.

Pointing out the importance of creating an action agenda that can produce concrete results, Hasar said that discourse and targets, as well as decisions, are necessary for the sustainability of these actions.

Stating that COP should not be considered only as an event or organization, Hasar noted that the platform is a process in which the development plans of countries and the decisions regarding these plans are discussed.

Ankara University Faculty of Applied Sciences Lecturer Prof. Dr. Abdulmenaf Turan also stated that there are three major transformation processes in the world: digital, green and spatial.

Emphasizing that the question of how the world will manage these three major transformation processes has become important, Turan stated that the power of climate diplomacy should be used at this point.

Source: TRT Haber Açık RSS (Gündem) (Open Press / Translated Full Text)