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Türkiye Puts Climate Finance and Implementation at the Center of COP31 Presidency

From Asharq Al-Awsat · () English

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  • Türkiye’s COP31 presidency will focus on “dialogue, consensus and action,” with an emphasis on turning climate commitments into projects and investments.
  • Environment Minister Murat Kurum said climate finance must reach developing countries and projects on time, after delays in fulfilling earlier funding pledges.
  • Ankara is consulting governments, financial institutions, cities and businesses while developing an Action Agenda covering clean energy, cities, industry, youth and food.

Türkiye wants its presidency of the UN COP31 climate conference to move climate diplomacy beyond pledges and toward projects that produce visible results. Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change Minister and COP31 President Murat Kurum identified “dialogue, consensus and action” as the presidency’s three main pillars.

dialogue, consensus and action

· Murat KurumKurum described the three pillars of Türkiye’s COP31 presidency.

Kurum said success in Antalya would depend not only on the decisions reached, but also on whether those decisions could attract financing and become viable projects. Climate change, he said, can no longer be treated as a separate environmental issue. It now intersects with energy, industry, cities, trade, water and development, as heat waves, extreme weather and risks to food and water security intensify.

The presidency is conducting consultations with the United Nations system, governments, financial institutions, cities and the private sector to identify barriers to implementation. Those discussions have helped shape an Action Agenda focused on clean energy, electricity, cities, industry, youth and food. Kurum said Türkiye wants to turn “words into projects, projects into investments, and investments into results that affect people’s lives.”

words to implementation

· Murat KurumHe said climate policy must move from commitments toward practical delivery.

Climate finance sits at the top of the agenda. Kurum said the challenge is not simply to announce funding, but to ensure that money reaches the countries and projects that need it at the right time. He cited delays in meeting an earlier pledge to provide developing countries with $100 billion annually, saying the experience showed that confidence depends on whether promised funds reach projects.

turning words into projects, projects into investments, and investments into results that affect people’s lives

· Murat KurumHe outlined Türkiye’s goal for translating climate commitments into tangible outcomes.

An agreement at COP29 in Baku set a goal of at least $300 billion a year for developing countries by 2035, while calling for climate finance from public and private sources to rise to $1.3 trillion annually. Kurum described a global mismatch: capital is looking for investment opportunities, while climate investment needs are vast, yet the two “do not always meet.”

do not always meet

· Murat KurumHe described the gap between available capital and major climate investment needs.
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Originally published by Asharq Al-Awsat in English. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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