Türkiye is preparing the 2050 road map of the seas with digital twins

COP31, the world's most important organization in the fight against climate change, held in Antalya, hosted by Türkiye, continues.

Salihoğlu stated to the AA correspondent that the effects of defining COP31 as "implementation COP" have been seen from the first days.

Pointing out that the issues of harmony, electrification and energy transformation came to the fore in the side events, Salihoğlu noted that higher-level dialogues started with the leaders' summit.

Referring to the reflections of Türkiye's determination of seas and oceans as one of the priority themes in the conference, Salihoğlu said, "Until today, oceans and seas were not very prominent in COPs. Oceans started to come to the agenda more and more, but especially regional seas remained in the background. At this COP, at the conference held in Antalya, on the Mediterranean coast, we put forward that regional seas should also come to the fore, and we got the reward for this." he said.

Salihoğlu stated that Türkiye's initiative for regional seas will be announced within the scope of COP31 and that various pilot events will be held in this context.

2050 road map of the seas will be prepared with the Blue Plan

Underlining that the Blue Plan Project, which they carried out jointly with the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change, has initiated an important study for the sustainable management of the seas, Salihoğlu explained that within the scope of the project, the ecological and economic situation of the seas, the activities of different sectors and the pressures on the seas will be revealed.

Salihoğlu gave the following information about the goals of the project:

"We are planning to present the 2030 and 2050 road maps and strategic action plans of our seas. We plan to prepare an action plan based on data, models and digital twins. We will complete this in approximately 2 years. We will present the first results by the end of this year."

Stating that the digital twins to be prepared will support decision-makers in planning marine areas and creating strategic road maps, Salihoğlu emphasized that ecosystem health should be taken into consideration as well as economic activities in the seas.

Salihoğlu pointed out the importance of the seas for human life and added that it is important to implement new strategies in order to reduce the pressure on the seas and ensure sustainable use.