Türkiye wants COP31 to leave legacy beyond Antalya summit
Daily Sabah · Amez Ahmed ·
Türkiye seeks a lasting COP31 legacy by advancing climate resilience, mobilizing funding for developing countries and ensuring initiatives launched in...
As climate change intensifies pressure on countries to meet emissions targets and strengthen resilience, Türkiye is seeking to put climate adaptation at the center of the 31st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP31), which will be held in Antalya in November, with a focus on turning climate plans into concrete projects.
Halil Hasar, director of Türkiye’s Climate Change Presidency and chief climate diplomacy officer (CCDO) for COP31, told Daily Sabah that rising temperatures, droughts, floods and wildfires threaten water and food security, energy supplies, public health and economic resilience, making adaptation increasingly urgent.
“The effects of climate change are no longer merely an environmental problem. They have become a multidimensional risk affecting every aspect of economic, social and community life,” Hasar said.
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