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TÜRʾͺˌʸ’S 2053

TARGET “NET ZERO

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Minister Murat Kurum the resistance of the agricultu- tions towards our medium and
ral sector to drought, reducing long-term goals. ˇ˛˘˥˘˙ˢ˥˘ʟ we
attended the OECD
flood and risks of flood through must increase our cooperation
Environment Meeting increased storage and infrast- more than ever to transform
at Ministerial level on ructure management, integ- the crises we are experiencing
the first day of his visit rated management of water on a global scale into oppor-
resources and protection of tunities.”
to Paris. Addressing
ecosystems”.
the participants at National Contribution
the session, attended Minister Kurum noted that Statement to be Updated
Türkiye updated its “Climate Later This Year
by the environment
Change Adaptation Strategy
ministers of the and Action Plan”, prepared in Stating that this year, they
member states, 2011, according to the 2053 tar- would update the National
Kurum explained gets. Determined Contributions su-
Stating that not only national bmitted to the UN Secretariat
Türkiye’s green
efforts but also regional and in 2015 in accordance with the
transformation efforts. local efforts were important in “2053 Net Zero Emissions” tar-
adapting to climate change get announced to the world
Minister of Environment, Urba- and ensuring resilience, Kurum by President Recep Tayyip Er-
nization and Climate Chan- added that in this context, they ˗ˢͭ˔ˡʟ Kurum added the fol-
ge Murat Kurum attended the developed projects aimed at lowing:
plenary session of the OECD determining the needs of re-
Environment Meeting at Mi- gions and provinces, taking “We have made progress to a
nisterial level in Paris themed necessary measures for 7 ge- great extent in our efforts on
“Moving to Net Zero-Closing ographical regions and deve- Climate ʿ˔˪ʟ which will form
the Ambition Gaps on Clima- loping nature-based solutions. the legal basis for both our
te Mitigation and Adaptation”. Council decisions and our Na-
Making a speech at the sessi- tional Determined Contribu-
on hosted by OECD Secretary The World is at the Critical Th- tions. Within the scope of the
General Mathias Cormann and reshold ˟˔˪ʟ we will ensure the green
attended by the Environment transformation in our ˖ˢ˨ˡ˧˥ˬʟ
Ministers of the Member States, Pointing out that the world was especially in regards to ˘ˡ˘˥˚ˬʟ
Kurum explained Türkiye’s gre- at a critical threshold in terms in line with our 2053 Net Zero
en transformation efforts. of the climate change, Kurum Emissions target. We will im-
stated the following: “As ˆ˧˔˧˘˦ʟ prove and increase our carbon
Measures on Climate Change we are all in global coopera- ˦˜ˡ˞˦ʟ especially our forests.
tion in line with the 1.5 degre- With the goal of becoming
Stating that they worked es Celsius goal of the Paris a climate-resistant ˦ˢ˖˜˘˧ˬʟ
towards adaption to the effe- Agreement.” Stating that the we will conduct science-ba-
cts of climate change in Türki- shared solidarity and determi- sed impact and affectability
ye and mitigation of the effects nation were displayed to the analyses and further strengt-
of the climate change on live- world especially at the 26th hen adaptation activities. We
lihoods, economy and natural Conference of the Parties, Ku- will ensure the flow of resour-
systems, Kurum added that rum added the following: “But ces to local areas by taking the
they focused on important ˡˢ˪ʟ we urgently need to take necessary measures to stren-
measures such as “increasing steps to quickly realize our ac- gthen local climate action.”

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