COP31 started in Antalya. Minister Kurum: "We fought hard to prepare for today"

Murat Kurum, Minister of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change, speaks at the opening of the United Nations COP31 Climate Change Conference General Assembly.

The highlights of Minister Kurum's statements are as follows:

"We have fought hard to prepare for today. As we meet in Antalya today, let's first look at the picture of the world we live in. It is a world where wars and geopolitical tensions continue, and hundreds of millions of people have difficulty accessing food. We are faced with a rapidly changing world. We all have to fight together.

One of the most expensive costs of climate action is delay. We are at point zero, we are out of words. We must provide solutions in an age where crises magnify each other. Let's turn words into results. Dialogue, consensus and action are the three concepts of COP31.”