Praise for COP31 Antalya Summit and Turkey from Patricia Scotland

UK House of Lords Member Patricia Scotland evaluated Turkey's leadership role and hosting undertaken together with Australia within the scope of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP31) held in Antalya.

UK House of Lords Member and former Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland made statements regarding Turkey's role in the global climate struggle at the COP31 summit held in Antalya. Scotland stated that she found it extremely gratifying for Turkey to pioneer this process and assume responsibility alongside Australia.

Speaking to Anadolu Agency, Scotland stated that climate change is one of the greatest threats facing humanity. Recalling that targets were set at COP29 in Baku and the roadmap was shaped at COP30 in Belém, Brazil, Scotland noted that COP31 in Antalya is expected to play a decisive role in the implementation phase.

Stating that she finds Turkey's hosting of COP31 to be wonderful, Scotland added that zero waste and circular economy efforts are also among the important agenda items at the summit, and participants aim to achieve concrete progress on these issues.