Turkish president heads to UAE for UN climate change summit

Turkish president heads to UAE for UN climate change summit

Published November 30,2023


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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Thursday departed for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to attend the 2023 UN Climate Change Conference, or COP28.

Erdoğan will deal with the UN local weather summit on Friday. He can be anticipated to carry talks with leaders of some collaborating international locations on the sidelines of the convention.

The UAE is ready to host this yr’s local weather convention between Nov. 30 and Dec. 12, with the intention of holding the Paris Agreement warming goal of 1.5C (2.7F) alive.


Türkiye is among the many international locations making probably the most important contribution to the Paris local weather accord with its 2053 internet zero emissions and inexperienced improvement targets.

Ankara works for a cleaner and greener Türkiye by implementing many tasks, together with a zero-waste initiative.

In 2017, underneath the auspices of first girl Emine Erdoğan, Türkiye launched the zero-waste venture to spotlight the significance of eliminating waste in combating the local weather disaster.

The venture has drawn worldwide reward, with UN chief Antonio Guterres expressing his gratitude to the primary girl throughout a convention in New York final September.

Last December, the UN General Assembly unanimously adopted a decision on the zero-waste initiative offered by Türkiye, declaring March 30 because the International Day of Zero Waste.

Source: www.anews.com.tr