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President Erdoğan Delivered Cooperation Protocol For The
A Statement At The World Leaders Huge Interest In Global Zero Waste A New Era In Green Establishment And Operation Of The
Transformation In Industry
Climate Action Summit of COP 29 Declaration Of Goodwill At COP29 Deposit Return System Signed

EMİNE ERDOĞAN,

MEETS YOUNG CLIMATE

VOLUNTEERS AT COP29

Accompanying President Recep Tayyip the Zero Waste Project under her patrona-
Erdoğan on his official visit to attend the ge—the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, led by
World Leaders Climate Summit, held as Azerbaijan’s First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva,
part of the 29th Conference of the Parties and Uzbekistan’s Zamin International
(COP29) to the United Nations Framework Public Foundation, Emine Erdoğan exp-
Convention on Climate Change, First Lady ressed her delight at meeting young people
Emine Erdoğan engaged with young climate in Azerbaijan, a country she described as
volunteers at an event titled "Ecological Türkiye’s brotherly nation. She extended her
Education." congratulations to Azerbaijan
for its exemplary hospitality
Speaking at the event, which was organized and wished for COP29 to
pave the way for positi-
in partnership with the Zero Waste Founda-
tion—established within the framework of ve global outcomes.

“More Than 40 Spouses
"A Torch Of Heads Of State And
High-Level International
Representatives Have
Lit by the Joined Our Declaration”

Recalling that UN Secretary-General
Turkic World António Guterres had signed the "Global
Goodwill Declaration" to establish a shared
framework for action, Emine Erdoğan
added:
Rekindles Our "To date, more than 40 first ladies and

international representatives have signed
Hopes" our declaration in support. With its digital
signing, tens of thousands of people from
diverse cultures and nationalities around
the world have pledged to embrace an
environmentally conscious way of life. I
invite each of you to lend your support
by adding your signature and joining this
"In an era when future projections seem homeland of Turkic nations, she warned: "If Underscoring that in Turkic culture, nature growing ‘zero waste’ family."
increasingly grim, the torch lit by the Turkic this continues, the breathtaking landscapes is not merely a home for humanity but also She also emphasized that as chair of the
world rekindles our hopes. What we need of our cultural heartland—the cradle of our an unparalleled source of inspiration that United Nations Secretary-General's Ad-
most in the face of this bleak reality is a civilization—will exist only in our memo- shapes life itself, Emine Erdoğan continued: visory Board of Eminent Persons on Zero
beacon of hope," Emine Erdoğan remarked. ries, mere remnants of a past we failed to Waste, she and her colleagues are working
protect. We cannot allow ourselves to leave "Never forget that the climate crisis is to identify and promote best practices,
Drawing attention to scientists' warnin- such a dark and hopeless future for our a challenge created in the past century. stressing: "We need young people who do
gs that the climate crisis has reached an children." And you are the heirs of a much deeper, not wait for change but initiate it. Whet-
unpredictable and uncontrollable scale, she more conscientious legacy. By blending her through Türkiye’s national efforts or
pointed out that each new summer is now Emphasizing that young people who see the the wisdom of the past with the oppor- through UN-backed initiatives, I want you
recorded as "the hottest in history," while earth as a trust and embrace their home- tunities of today, I firmly believe that you to know that we will always stand by young
extreme weather events such as record-bre- land are the greatest assurance for a more will complete what we have started and environmental volunteers, providing every
aking rainfall, unprecedented droughts, sustainable world, she declared: steer this course in a better direction." She means and resource at our disposal."
and devastating floods are becoming more highlighted the Zero Waste Project, which Strategy Document
frequent. "You are our only hope—the pioneers of the
transformation needed to reverse this dest- she launched under her patronage in 2017 for Youth Development
"The issue is no longer distant—it is not ruction. How splendid of you to listen not and which has since evolved into a global Signed
just about melting glaciers at the poles or to the deceptive calls of consumer culture, movement, stating that the initiative draws
the extinction of species we have never en- which surrounds you in the prime of your its strength particularly from young people. Following the speeches, a strategy docu-
countered. The crisis is right here— in our youth, but to the desperate cries of nature, "In just seven years, our project has reached ment for youth development was signed.
homes, on our tables, in the air we breathe, which that very culture is destroying. I all seven continents, proving that it is still Representing Türkiye, Minister of Environ-
and in the water we drink," she emphasized. want you to know this: The nature-friendly possible to heal the damage inflicted on ment, Urbanization, and Climate Change
lifestyle you envision is deeply rooted in the nature. The reality is clear: the climate crisis Murat Kurum signed the agreement on
Highlighting the severe impact of this cultural and spiritual fabric of the lands you transcends borders and politics—it is a behalf of the country.
global crisis on Central Asia, the ancestral call home." global issue that requires collective action."