Page 18 - Faaliyet Bülteni İngilizce - Sayı 3
P. 18
General Directorate of European Union and Foreign Relations / Bulletin
EGYPT / COP27 MINISTERIAL SESSION
TÜRKİYE’S EMISSION REDUCTION
TARGET HAS BEEN DOUBLED UP
Minister Murat Kurum, In his speech, the Minister We have been committed
within the scope of the stated that they have updated to reduce by 21 percent the
Egypt program, attended Türkiye’s National Contribution emissions that were supposed to
the Ministerial Session Declaration and reported that be 1 billion 175 million ton by 2030.
they have increased the target Today we have updated our
of the Conference of the
of reducing emission rates from National Contribution Statement.
Parties and made
21 percent to 41 percent. As Türkiye, we are increasing our
a speech.
reduction target to 41 percent
Pointing out that Türkiye has from the increase we announced
taken decisive steps to combat as 21 percent for 2030. We are
climate change and that they are making a commitment of almost
working in line with the net zero twice the size that we will have
emission target, Kurum said: “In reduced approximately 500
2015, we notified the Secretariat million tons of emissions by 2030.
of our emissions and the rates Again, an important issue that
realized in our emissions under we shared with the whole world
the UN Framework Convention. was the year when our emissions
would peak. We will reach the
peak of our emissions in 2038 at
the latest and we will continue to
move towards our net zero target
with our strong policies”. Kurum
wished that these commitments
would be beneficial for the whole
world and Türkiye.
“We have announced our
candidacy for COP31”
Emphasizing that they made a
candidacy statement for the COP
meeting to be held in 2026 at the
UN Ministerial Conference, Kurum
said, “We have announced our
candidacy for COP31 to the
whole world and we are making
an official application to the UN
Secretariat. We hosted many
conferences as Türkiye before. As
a country that has hosted both
humanitarian conferences and
COP meetings, we announced
our candidacy for the 31 COP
st
meeting to share Türkiye’s new
steps with the whole world”.
16
