Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey Kurtulmuş will host the COP31 Parliamentary Meeting

Within the scope of COP31 hosted by Türkiye in Antalya on 9-20 November, the Parliamentary Meeting will be held on 16 November in cooperation with the Turkish Grand National Assembly and the Inter-Parliamentary Union (PAB) in order to encourage the participation of parliaments in climate negotiations.

At the meeting, which will bring together parliamentarians from different countries of the world, the legislative, budget and audit functions of parliaments in transforming climate commitments into national actions will be discussed.

At the meeting, which will start with the opening speeches of GNAT Speaker Kurtulmuş and IPU President Milton Dick, 6 sessions on climate action will be held.

During the sessions, issues such as transforming global climate commitments into national actions, effective and efficient use of resources within the scope of the zero waste project, which has become a global initiative under the leadership of Türkiye, reducing methane gas emissions, facilitating access to climate finance, strengthening parliamentary dialogue and cooperation in the fight against climate change with parliamentary control will be discussed.

The meeting is aimed to create a multilateral platform for the implementation of concrete parliamentary steps in the fight against climate change and to contribute to COP31's "dialogue, consensus and action" approach.

The final declaration will also be accepted during the meeting.

Participation in the COP31 Parliamentary Meeting is expected from many countries at the level of parliament speaker and deputy speaker.

Speaker of the Turkish Grand National Assembly Kurtulmuş is also expected to hold bilateral meetings with the guest parliamentary speakers within the scope of the meeting.