Turkish Minister: COP31 Will Focus on Implementing Past Resolutions, Targeting Funding Issues
Turkey's Minister of Environment and Climate Change stated that COP31, to be held in November, will seek to put past decisions into practice, with a primary focus on funding issues for developing countries. He indicated that nearly $1 trillion is needed to help developing nations meet their climate goals.
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(CNA Antalya, Turkey, April 20, International News) Turkey's Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Murat Kurum, stated that the 31st Conference of the Parties (COP31) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, hosted by Turkey, will seek to implement decisions from past conferences, with a primary focus on funding issues.
Kurum told Reuters in an interview on the sidelines of a diplomatic forum in Antalya, Turkey, over the weekend that nearly $1 trillion (approximately 31.5 trillion yen) is needed to help developing countries achieve their climate change goals, making this issue the most important task of this year's UN climate summit.
He also said that raising public awareness of climate policy is crucial, as global issues are currently dominated by war and security crises.
Kurum stated, "Important decisions have been made at every COP so far, and we will follow up. Most importantly, we must put them into practice... let us take steps to achieve the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) that countries have proposed, and some countries have yet to submit."
He added that despite the inevitability of war, Turkey will call on every country to focus on the "bigger picture" and address the urgent threat of climate change.
Kurum, who will chair COP31, said that Turkey hopes this conference will be a "COP of implementation," where the importance of action surpasses commitments.
He said, "We hope all countries will submit their respective Nationally Determined Contributions before COP31 is held. We are working to facilitate this and are making efforts within the United Nations."
Kurum pointed out that developing countries need $150 million (approximately 4.7 billion yen) just to prepare their Nationally Determined Contributions. (Translator: Zhang Zhengqian) 04201150
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(CNA Antalya, Turkey, April 20, International News) Turkey's Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Murat Kurum, stated that the 31st Conference of the Parties (COP31) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, hosted by Turkey, will seek to implement decisions from past conferences, with a primary focus on funding issues.
Kurum told Reuters in an interview on the sidelines of a diplomatic forum in Antalya, Turkey, over the weekend that nearly $1 trillion (approximately 31.5 trillion yen) is needed to help developing countries achieve their climate change goals, making this issue the most important task of this year's UN climate summit.
He also said that raising public awareness of climate policy is crucial, as global issues are currently dominated by war and security crises.
Kurum stated, "Important decisions have been made at every COP so far, and we will follow up. Most importantly, we must put them into practice... let us take steps to achieve the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) that countries have proposed, and some countries have yet to submit."
He added that despite the inevitability of war, Turkey will call on every country to focus on the "bigger picture" and address the urgent threat of climate change.
Kurum, who will chair COP31, said that Turkey hopes this conference will be a "COP of implementation," where the importance of action surpasses commitments.
He said, "We hope all countries will submit their respective Nationally Determined Contributions before COP31 is held. We are working to facilitate this and are making efforts within the United Nations."
Kurum pointed out that developing countries need $150 million (approximately 4.7 billion yen) just to prepare their Nationally Determined Contributions. (Translator: Zhang Zhengqian) 04201150
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