Minister Kurum: Today we need each other more than ever

I am happy to be with you in the Mediterranean this evening. We came from different geographies. We need each other more than ever today in history. No country, no matter how powerful, can stand alone against the climate. Climate change reminds us of an important fact. Our destinies are interconnected.

We have a dream. One day our children will not ask us what kind of world you dreamed of, they will ask us what the world you left behind was like.

For dreams to come true, hope alone is not enough, hope requires courage, hope requires determination, hope requires choosing the difficult and acting together. This is the responsibility before us today in Antalya. We are not here just to set new goals, we are here to lay the foundations of a future in which the promises made here come true. Because we now know that future generations will remember us not for the speeches we made, but for the decisions we made. He will forget the documents we signed and remember the lives we protected. He will forget the promises we made and remember us with the hopes we made real.

We have artists who contribute greatly to the environment and climate issue, and there are valuable names in the sports world. I hope that those who come together years later will write like this when they remember us. They came from different countries, sat at the same table with different views, discussed difficult issues, but did not give up their common responsibility when it came to the future of the world. Under the leadership of our President, Türkiye, with its state, 86 million people and all its institutions, we are ready to work to make the world a more livable and fair place. Because our dream is a more just, safer and more livable world. Our dream is the common future of humanity, and hopefully we will make these decisions together with you and the 196 countries that participate and support us.

I invite you to friendship, solidarity and to protect our common future. I would like to thank every friend who came here, every participant, and every country representative who supported this process, for being a part of our climate journey at the world's largest summit. I am glad to have you.