Minister Murat Kurum shares climate film shown at COP31 summit

COP31 President and Minister of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change Murat Kurum shared the film titled "We Need to Talk" (Konuşmamız Lazım), which premiered at the World Leaders Summit held in Antalya, via his social media accounts.

In his post, Minister Kurum emphasized the need for collective action in the fight against the climate crisis, stating, "Not tomorrow, but now! It is time to take action for our future." The film was premiered as part of the World Leaders Summit, one of the most important events of the COP31 summit, which was attended by representatives from 196 countries party to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the European Union.

The production conveys how people from different continents and remote geographies of the world are affected by the climate crisis through real-time footage. In the documentary-style footage, individuals speaking different languages are seen drawing attention to climate change by saying, "We need to talk."