AK Party deputy chair Ayan comments on COP31, presents new action plan
Deputy chair of the ruling AK Parti Nilhan Ayan said Turkey is presenting a new action plan at COP31. According to her, the conference should become a conference on implementing decisions.
Gurban Gurbanzadeh2 min read
Nilhan Ayan, deputy chair of the ruling AK Parti, assessed the upcoming COP31 summit. According to her, Turkey is now presenting a new action plan, and the summit itself should become a stage of practical implementation of agreements.
Ayan noted that COP31 is taking place in Antalya. According to her, interest in the conference is linked to the fact that the issues under discussion are yielding concrete results. "This is the 31st COP. There has been some decline in activity during the negotiations. However, Turkey has put forward an initiative: first dialogue, then consensus, and after that, a transition to implementation," she said.
According to the government, Turkey has proposed making COP31 a "COP of implementation." She said that Turkey's experience and practice in this area allow it to take leading positions.
Ayan also said that, in her view, it is now important not only to fulfil obligations and set new targets. She cited the example of floods in Indonesia linked to the logging of trees and said that similar events had been expected within the next 20–30 years, but now, in her words, "the alarm bell is ringing." The world, in her view, must move to a plan of urgent action, and the ecological and climate crisis cannot be resolved by the efforts of one country alone.
She said that not all major countries are taking part, and noted that small states, which have the least impact on climate change, are most actively working on its solution and suffer most from its consequences.
Surf and Bridge initiatives
According to Ayan, Turkey has created two initiatives at the conference: Surf and Bridge. The first is aimed at small local administrations and countries that do not have a ready project, equipment or trained specialists and teams. Projects and teams are being prepared in advance for them.
The second initiative, Bridge, according to her, should connect implementers with financing. Ayan said that one of the main gaps remains financing, and that countries and cities that find it difficult to obtain funds should gain access to them through this platform.
Source: cnnturk.com
