Latest news and announcements from the COP31 Presidency, including event coverage, milestones and updates from the road to Antalya.
At the Bonn Climate Change Conference, COP31 President-Designate Murat Kurum launched a new global electrification target — raising the share of final energy demand met by electricity from just over 20% today to 35% by 2035 — as the flagship of the COP31 Presidency’s Action Agenda.
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At the Copenhagen Climate Ministerial, COP31 President-Designate Murat Kurum called for a truly global conversation on electrification, urging an urgent increase in the pace of electrification of the world economy — saying electricity’s 20% share of final energy consumption must rise “as quickly as possible”.
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Representing President Erdoğan at the opening session of the 13th World Urban Forum in Baku, COP31 President-Designate Murat Kurum underlined the importance of placing safe, resilient and sustainable cities at the centre of the global climate agenda, and signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Azerbaijan on energy efficiency in buildings.
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Convening at “Türkiye’s Road to COP31: Resilient Cities,” ministers and high-level representatives adopted the Hatay Declaration — a shared commitment to move from policy to implementation, from recovery to transformation, and from global commitments to local action.
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Opening the annual Petersberg Climate Dialogue in Berlin, COP31 President-Designate Murat Kurum told world leaders that the current energy crisis has shown that fossil fuels do not guarantee energy supply security, and called for a shift to a solution-oriented implementation mode at COP31.
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