North Macedonia President Gordana Silyanovska-Davkova: climate change is a systemic crisis

North Macedonian President Gordana Silyanovska-Davkova spoke at the “Pre-COP31 National Dialogue” event, organised by the UNDP in cooperation with the Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning and the Ministry of Energy, Mining and Mineral Resources. She said climate change is not only a matter of nature protection but a systemic crisis affecting all sectors of society, requiring urgency, responsibility and joint action.

The president stressed the importance of quickly adopting the Climate Action Law, one of the most important documents on the EU reform agenda. The European Commission has given the law a green light on alignment with EU legislation.

Speaking ahead of COP31 in Antalya, which she will attend at the head of North Macedonia's state delegation, she said the country must act with clear national priorities, ready projects and clearly defined financing needs. She called the conference an opportunity to show readiness to turn climate commitments into concrete investments and measurable results.