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Energy and Natural Resources Minister Alparslan Bayraktar spoke at the 19th Verona Eurasia Economic Forum in Istanbul, organised with the support of the Independent Industrialists and Businessmen's Association (MÜSİAD) and Ibn Haldun University. Bayraktar said the world is facing one of the most serious energy insecurity periods in modern history, and that energy security should not be taken lightly.
International Energy Agency head Fatih Birol joined, via videoconference, a programme titled 'Investment Summit Toward COP31' held at the Istanbul Finance Center. He said COP31 is a 'golden opportunity' for Türkiye and the world. He named the Strait of Hormuz crisis as the most important item on the global agenda, affecting everything from agriculture to energy.
Implementing Türkiye's Emissions Trading System (ETS) is important for backing the country's climate targets with concrete mechanisms, as Türkiye prepares to host the UN Climate Change Conference COP31. According to information Anadolu Agency obtained from Energy Markets Operation Inc. (EPİAŞ), a regulation published on October 21 established the regulatory framework for the market operation of the Türkiye Emissions Trading System (TR ETS).
Erden told an Anadolu Agency reporter that Türkiye has reached 15,500 megawatts of installed electrical wind capacity and, with about 2,000 megawatts added in 2025, became the second country in Europe to bring the most wind capacity online after Germany. He also pointed to a domestic industry with five tower plants and two blade factories.
Yaşar Holding has become a “Climate Supporter” of COP31, the climate change conference to be hosted by Türkiye. The company says it will share its sustainability approach, which prioritises the energy transition, water and climate resilience, ecosystem protection and a just transition that supports social development.
Environment, Urbanisation and Climate Change Minister Murat Kurum and Interior Minister Mustafa Çiftçi visited Antalya to assess preparations and planned activities for COP31, and inspected work at the summit venue. Kurum said preparations had reached their final stage and that 85 leaders had so far confirmed their attendance.
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Kurum, President of COP31 and Minister of Environment, Urbanisation and Climate Change, said COP31 will generate $2 billion in direct economic activity in Antalya.
Türkiye is seeking to speed up climate action by tackling funding barriers that can delay projects for years, as it prepares to host the 31st UN climate conference (COP31). Speaking to Daily Sabah, Deputy Minister Fatma Varank, who is also COP31 chief executive, said financing remains a major challenge, particularly for least-developed countries that lack technical capacity.
Fakir Hüseyin Erdoğan, Secretary General of the Electricity Distribution Services Association (ELDER), told Anadolu Agency that Türkiye's goal of raising electricity's share of final energy consumption to 35 percent by 2035 requires average annual electricity demand growth above 8 percent and a comprehensive transformation of distribution infrastructure. He said electricity currently accounts for about 20 percent of final energy consumption.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the world can no longer avoid exceeding the 1.5-degree limit in the climate crisis and called on countries to act quickly to close the emissions gap.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the world can no longer avoid exceeding the 1.5-degree limit and urged countries to act quickly to close the emissions gap. In a video message ahead of COP31 in Antalya in November, he discussed the annual Emissions Gap Report published by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP).
IRENA has welcomed its cooperation with the COP31 Türkiye Presidency and said concrete results have begun to emerge during preparations. In an assessment to Anadolu Agency, IRENA's La Camera said it was important to give priority to Türkiye's electrification initiative on the COP31 agenda.
A panel titled “COP31 on the Road: Rethinking Sustainability from an Interdisciplinary Perspective” was held in Rome on 19 October 2026. Hosted by the Yunus Emre Institute's Turkish Cultural Centre in Rome, it was organised with the Italy-based CeSPI think tank and ISCASS. Türkiye will host the 31st UN climate conference (COP31) in Antalya in November.
According to a ministry statement, Türkiye has become the 100th country to join the Greening Education Partnership (GEP), run by the UNESCO Secretariat. Türkiye's membership and a video message from Minister Tekin were published on the UNESCO website, the GEP Global Monitoring Platform and the partnership's October bulletin.
According to a column in Havadis, a Northern Cyprus newspaper, new developments on the Cyprus issue emerged step by step this week. Cypriot President Christodoulides said he had received an invitation to the COP31 meeting in Antalya after a meeting with Erhürman. Turkish President Erdoğan then invited Erhürman to the same meeting.
The leader of the Greek Cypriot administration, Nikos Christodoulides, announced that he will attend the COP 31 climate change summit that the United Nations will hold in Antalya in November. Citing the Fileleftheros newspaper, the report said Christodoulides replied “Of course I will attend” when asked whether he would take part. He described the development as one that sends messages on the Cyprus issue, and said they were prepared for any developments.
Greek Cypriot administration leader Nikos Christodoulides said yesterday that he will attend the UN Climate Change Conference COP31, scheduled for November in Antalya. Asked by journalists after a leaders' meeting with Turkish Cypriot President Tufan Erhürman whether he would attend the Antalya summit, he replied, "Of course I will."
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