COP31 President and Turkish Minister of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change Murat Kurum thanked COP29 President and Azerbaijani presidential representative for climate issues Mukhtar Babayev for his contribution to the international climate process and for sharing accumulated experience.
“Operativ Məlumat Mərkəzi-OMM” reports that Kurum made the remarks at an event titled “Joint statement by former COP presidents,” held on the sidelines of COP31 in Antalya.
Kurum said Türkiye and Azerbaijan work together as two brotherly countries. He particularly highlighted the transfer of experience and knowledge accumulated during Azerbaijan’s COP presidency to the COP30 presidency in Brazil and the COP31 presidency in Türkiye.
Speaking about the outcomes of the Baku conference, the COP31 president singled out the adoption of a new collective quantified goal on climate finance. “We consider the financial target adopted in Baku an important achievement.”
Kurum also recalled that COP29 completed agreement on the rules for implementing Article 6 of the Paris Agreement. He said the main responsibility of participants in the climate process now is to turn adopted decisions into tangible results for countries and people.
