Turkish environment minister holds trilateral talks ahead of November's COP31 climate conference

Türkiye's Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change Minister and COP31 President Murat Kurum held an online meeting with Australian Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen and UN climate chief Simon Stiell to discuss preparations for the UN climate change conference to be hosted in Türkiye next month. Kurum said on social media that the three officials discussed preparations for the UN climate conference as well as its Action Agenda. "We held a productive online meeting with Australian Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen and UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell, where we discussed COP31 preparations and our Action Agenda," Kurum said. He stressed the importance of close cooperation with all parties to ensure that different perspectives contribute to the outcomes of the conference. "Through very close cooperation, we want to engage with all parties and ensure that different ideas contribute to the COP31 outcomes," he said. Kurum added that Türkiye was determined to make COP31 "a turning point" in global climate action, where concrete results are achieved, strong decisions are implemented, and international cooperation produces results on the ground.