Investment Summit Toward COP31 Started in Istanbul
The summit, held at the Istanbul Finance Center, discusses Turkey's green transformation targets and international investment opportunities. Financing support provided to the energy sector and the global investment gap stood out as key topics at the event.
Organized in cooperation with the Presidency's Investment and Finance Office and the International Investors Association (YASED), the event titled "Investment Summit Toward COP31: Mobilizing International Green Investments" started at the Ziraat Towers Auditorium in the Istanbul Finance Center.
Ahmet Burak Dağlıoğlu, Head of the Presidency's Investment and Finance Office; Mehmet Emin Birpınar, COP31 Turkey Special Representative; Halil Hasar, Head of Climate Change at the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change; Alpaslan Çakar, Chairman of the Board of the Banks Association of Turkey and General Manager of Ziraat Bank; and Ali Fuat Orhonoğlu, Chairman of YASED, attended the summit.
Speaking at the event, Ahmet Burak Dağlıoğlu drew attention to Turkey's renewable energy capacity and green transformation targets. Alpaslan Çakar, Chairman of the Banks Association of Turkey, announced that loans extended to the energy sector exceeded 1 trillion liras. YASED Chairman Ali Fuat Orhonoğlu stated that developing countries have an annual investment gap of 4 trillion dollars and emphasized that COP summits increase green investment opportunities for host countries.
Sources
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