Minister Kurum attended the Pre-COP Summit in Fiji within the scope of COP31 preparations

COP31 President and Minister of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change Murat Kurum paid an official visit to Fiji within the scope of COP31 preparations. The institution will chair the Pre-COP Summit to be held in Fiji and Tuvalu on 5-8 October and will share the Action Agenda of COP31 at the summit.

COP31 ACTION AGENDA SHARED WITH PACIFIC COUNTRIES

Minister Kurum, who made his first visit to Fiji, met with representatives of the Pacific region countries within the scope of the Pre-COP Summit.

In its post on its virtual media account, the institution said, "We came together with the representatives of the Pacific region countries within the scope of the Pre-COP Summit held before COP31. At the summit, we shared the COP31 Action Agenda in detail. We explained the importance of the topics 'Electrification, Zero Waste and Green Industrialization' once again. As the COP31 Presidency, we aim to turn our common goals into concrete practices with all our stakeholders."

COP31 PREPARATIONS WERE DISCUSSED WITH AUSTRALIA

As part of his contacts, Minister Kurum also met with Australian Minister of Climate Change and Energy Chris Bowen.

Making a statement about the meeting, the Authority said, "We held a bilateral meeting with the Australian Minister of Climate Change and Energy, Mr. Chris Bowen, in Fiji for the Pre-COP Summit before COP31. We evaluated the point we have reached and went over the steps we will take together during the COP31 process. I believe that the strong approach that Australia will put forward in the negotiations will contribute to achieving balanced, inclusive and application-oriented results at COP31."

CLEAN ENERGY AND GREEN INDUSTRIALIZATION WERE DISCUSSED WITH GERMANY

The institution also met with Jochen Flasbarth, State Secretary of the German Federal Ministry of Environment, Climate Protection, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, within the scope of the Pre-COP Summit.

In his post about the meeting, Minister Kurum said, "We met with Mr. Jochen Flasbarth, State Secretary of the German Federal Ministry of Environment, Climate Protection, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, within the scope of the Pre-COP Summit. We want to produce concrete results on many topics, from energy efficiency to clean energy, from circular economy to green industrialization. We continue to work for strong decisions, concrete results and a climate agenda that turns into action on the field at COP31, which we will host." he said.