President Erdoğan: Developed countries should take responsibility for our future

President Erdoğan made statements at the "COP31 Business Forum" in Antalya.

Highlights from Erdoğan's statements:

"Türkiye has become the center of multilateral diplomacy.

The frightening dimensions that the climate crisis has reached necessitate decisive steps to be taken on a global scale. Developed countries, which consume the global carbon budget, should assume more responsibility in emission reduction and financing. Developing countries' right to development should be protected and societies that pay the heaviest price for the climate crisis should be supported.

The brutal pollution of the environment in the past has a large share in the difficulties we face today.

As Türkiye, we declared our 2053 target as net zero emissions. In this regard, we continue our green development journey with determination.

Our main goal is to increase the competitiveness of our industry while combating climate change. We will continue to encourage green energy investments. We will increase the number of our nuclear power plants.

Despite the extreme rise in energy prices, we do not give up on growth, development and increasing the welfare of our people.

We keep our country away from conflict. We are working sincerely to establish peace in our region. Türkiye is an island of stability and trust and this has been confirmed."