Environment and Urbanization Minister Kurum: “We Have Paris Agreement On The Agenda”

Environment and Urban Planning Minister Murat Kurum stated that they put the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, Paris Agreement and the European Green Agreement on the agenda at the Climate Change Coordination Meeting.

Environment and Urban Planning Minister Murat Kurum, in his post on his social media account, stated that they consulted studies and policies against climate change at the Climate Change Coordination Meeting.

The institution stated that they took the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, Paris Agreement and the European Green Agreement on the agenda.

Turkey and affected the entire world, its effects Covidien-19 after because of the world’s most important, which will become the agenda on climate change, the world’s rapidly warming and that the ecosystems and stated that the Minister Authority bring about changes not keep people’s feet, he said: “A climate change As a result; 1.2 million people lost their lives in the 7500 major natural disasters that occurred in our world in the last 20 years. While food and water shortages were experienced, new types of infectious diseases increased with each passing day. In the last few years, we have also experienced disasters such as floods, landslides and tornadoes in our country with increasing intensity. This shows us that climate change; It is a development, health, agriculture, animal husbandry, water, energy and transportation issue that deeply affects all of our sectors. We are working under the leadership of our President Erdogan in combating climate change. In this context;

-We are increasing our renewable energy capacity and protected areas.

– We are building strong insulated buildings and implementing the rainwater collection system. We are establishing energy efficient and climate sensitive residential areas with smart city and #Zero Waste applications.

– We are increasing green areas with national parks and ecological corridors

– We are working to reduce emissions from transport.

-We are transforming the industrial fields. “