Preparations for the Blue Zone, where the COP31 Summit will be held in Antalya under the coordination of the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change, have been completed.
2 days before the COP31 Summit to be held in Antalya, the hall names and details of the 527 thousand square meter Blue Zone, where world leaders will discuss climate policies, have been announced.
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COP31 Summit is being held in Antalya under the coordination of the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change.
According to the statement made by the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change, there are 2 days left until the COP31 Summit, which will be held in Antalya under the coordination of the Ministry.
At the summit, which will be held in a total area of 1 million 100 thousand square meters, world leaders will discuss the future of the climate in the Blue Zone of 527 thousand square meters.
The region, where heads of state and ministers, national delegations, accredited observers and international organizations will shape global climate policy, will be a diplomatic center where decisions in the field of climate are negotiated and accepted.
Peace Road, which connects different places in the Blue Zone, will bring together transportation, rest, meeting and food and beverage needs on the same line with its route along the pond.
Kiosks and refreshment points along the Peace Road route will allow participants to easily meet their daily needs between busy meeting schedules. Rest areas and landscaping will turn the route into one of the natural meeting points of conference life.
Reflecting the idea of "meeting under the same sky", the Peace Path will pave the way for the development of new dialogues and collaborations as well as official meetings. In this respect, the Peace Path will bring COP31's "vision of dialogue, consensus and action" to the daily experience of the participants.
The largest general assembly hall in the Blue Zone was named "Anatolia". The hall, where state and government representatives will be hosted and negotiations will be held, will have a capacity of 1794 people. Another general assembly hall with a capacity of 828 people was called "Mediterranean General Assembly Hall". There will also be Antalya Hall in the Blue Zone.
One of the two press conference halls was named "Mevlana Press Conference Hall", inspired by the world-renowned Sufi and Islamic scholar Mevlana Celaleddin-i Rumi. The other press conference hall was named after the Turkish poet and Sufi Yunus Emre.
In the Blue Zone, Selimiye, Evliya Çelebi, Ayder, Göbeklitepe, Topkapı, Kaçkar, Zeugma, Kapadokya, Boğaziçi, Patara, Sümela, Sezai Karakoç, Piri Reis, Harput, Mimar Sinan, Mount Ararat, Lake Van, Troy, Fethiye, Pamukkale, Ephesus, Gelibolu, Ahlat, Uludağ, Çatalhöyük and There will be meeting rooms named Aspendos. Side event areas were named Uzungöl, Likya, Assos, Perge, Ahi Evran, Aşık Veysel and Hattusa.
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