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General Directorate of European Union and Foreign Relations / Bulletin

Meeting of G20 Environment and Climate

Ministers was Held in Bali

G20 Environment and Climate Ministers Meeting was held on the Indonesian island of Bali. Deputy Minister of
Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change Prof. Dr. Mehmet Emin Birpınar, who attended the meeting, informed
the participants about Türkiye’s fight against climate change and its efforts in the field of environment.

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Alok Sharma, President of the 26 Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change (UNFCCC) (COP26), US Special Representative for Climate John Kerry and US Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) Director Michael Regan also attended the summit.

Deputy Minister Fatma Varank Met

with Her Japanese Counterpart

Deputy Minister of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change Fatma Varank met with Japan Deputy Minister of
Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Shoji Nishida, who visited our country to participate in the “Türkiye-Japan
Disaster Management Cooperation” seminar.

In the private and inter-commissioned meetings, ideas were exchanged on construction works, disaster management,
spatial planning, infrastructure and urban transformation. As a result of the meeting, it was agreed that it would be
beneficial to start a comprehensive memorandum of understanding in the field of urbanization immediately.

Aytaç Yüksel, General Manager of EU and Foreign Relations, Vedad Gürgen, General Manager of Infrastructure and
Municipal Transformation Services and Banu Aslan, General Manager of Construction Works were present at the
meeting.

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