The Presidency’s Head of Communications, Burhanettin Duran, shared a message on his NSosyal account regarding the Leaders’ Summit of the 31st Conference of the Parties (COP31) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), held in Antalya.
In his message, Head of Communications Duran said:
“As part of COP31, which brings together 196 countries that are Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the European Union, a total of 102 leaders, comprising the leaders of 95 countries from six continents and the heads of seven international organisations, were hosted in our country at the COP31 Leaders’ Summit (#COP31Türkiye), held in Antalya under the auspices of our President. Türkiye hosted this historic gathering through a climate diplomacy approach centred on dialogue, consensus and concrete action.
The message delivered to the world by our President, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, at the Summit was crystal clear: Humanity has only one roof, and that is the sky; it has only one garden, and that is the Earth. We have no other sky and no other Earth.
As Türkiye addressed climate justice, it also brought humanitarian values and a sense of conscience to the table. At a time when genocide continues in Gaza and centuries-old olive trees are being destroyed, our President’s planting of an olive sapling in Antalya with UN Secretary-General António Guterres, as part of 11 November National Afforestation Day, became a meaningful symbol of the resolve to stand up for humanity and the future. Because the fight against the climate crisis is also a struggle to stand up for people, the land and the future.
The most valuable legacy we can leave to future generations is a cleaner, greener, and fairer world.''