According to the written statement made by the chamber, ASO and TTGV prepared a joint call text titled "Twin Transformation of Developing Country Industries - Call from ASO and TTGV to COP31" within the scope of COP31, which will be hosted by Türkiye.
According to the call text, developing countries should turn into actors that learn, adapt, develop and produce technology. Climate finance needs to be transformed into concrete practices. Accessible financing and investment mechanisms, especially those that SMEs can benefit from, should be strengthened. Technologies should be moved from the laboratory to the field, and the implementation and dissemination of innovative solutions should be supported through joint R&D, demonstration projects and production partnerships.
Green and digital transformation should be addressed together, and the capacity to produce technologies that will enable the transformation should be developed as well as making the existing industry cleaner, more efficient and durable.
International collaborations should be designed to reduce technological inequalities, and common learning, technology development and production mechanisms should be expanded among developing countries.
"Let's spread technological competencies to more countries"
ASO Chairman Seyit Ardıç, whose views on the issue were included in the statement, stated that Türkiye's hosting of COP31 is an important opportunity to develop concrete cooperation and support mechanisms.
Pointing out that difficulties in accessing finance and technology threaten the export markets and competitiveness of businesses, Ardıç stated that expanding the production and technology development opportunities of developing countries should be a priority.
Ardıç said, "Let's try to reduce the technology and development differences between countries as we move towards climate goals. Let's turn long-term and accessible climate finance into concrete investment opportunities that SMEs can benefit from. Let's spread technological competencies to more countries with joint R&D, pilot implementation and production programs." made his assessment.
TTGV Chairman of the Board of Directors Değerhan Usluel stated that the main difficulty is that the mechanisms that will carry known climate technologies to real production conditions cannot be established sufficiently and said: "Let's strengthen the mechanisms that will take the first risk, support demonstration projects and share the information obtained." he said.
COP31 programs
ASO will introduce its work with ASO 2nd OIZ, ASO Teknopark, ASO Model Factory, ASO METES and ASO NÜKSAK at its stand in the Green Zone.
The two institutions will discuss the green and digital transformation of the industry at a joint event on November 16 at the Türkiye Pavilion in the Blue Zone.
In the panel organized through ASO NÜKSAK, the role of nuclear energy in supply security and clean energy transformation will be evaluated.
A panel titled "Turkish Industry in the Age of Carbon Pricing: SKDM, ETS and Low Carbon Competitiveness" will be organized by ASO on November 13. ASO will also convey the opinions of the industrial sector in panels to be organized by the Banks Association of Türkiye and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization.
TTGV will take part with Brazilian CGEE at the Türkiye Pavilion on 11 November and in the official side event program of UNFCCC on 19 November. He will also attend events at the AFAD stand on 16 November and at the TSKB Pavilion on 19 November.
