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Students representing Turkey as climate ambassadors met in Konya, central Turkey, on Monday to participate in the country’s first Climate Council. This gave them the opportunity to meet with relevant stakeholders and discuss ways to prevent climate change.
Around 209 climate ambassadors from universities in Turkey’s 81 provinces met with Environment, Urbanism and Climate Change Minister Murat Kurum, making urgent calls for the transition to a greener Turkey.
“We represent not only climate ambassadors, but also 15 million young people who share common concerns about the climate crisis,” said Mustafa Özaktaş, one of the young ambassadors, who read the Youth Declaration for urgent action in the fight against climate change.
Anatolia has a history of 12,000 year and has been home to many civilizations. Nuray, another young activist, added that humans and nature have coexisted in these lands for thousands of years.
“The 13th century Sufi poet, mystic and Islamic scholar.” Mevlana (Jalaluddin Rumi), whom we commemorate in this city every year, said: ‘Don’t think of yourself as a drop in the ocean. You are a huge ocean in a drop.’ This is the motivation for us as climate ambassadors.
She said, “We believe we will continue to the ancient tradition of these land, this lifestyle in nature and human beings coexisting in harmony forever,”
In order to achieve the goal of the Paris Climate Agreement and to comply with the Green Deal, the youths demand that all businesses implement cleaner and sustainable models in their production-consumption processes, said Ali Eren from Süleyman Demirel University.
He said, “By declaring the country’s roadmap towards getting out of coal in 2030, we call on our country to make more efficient use of renewable energy resources and work to create an energy system that isn’t dependent on fossil fuels.”
Turkey’s first climate councilThe meeting was inaugurated Monday with the goal of creating a roadmap that is in line with the Paris Agreement and aiming to achieve net-zero emissions by 2053.
The event was attended by over 1,000 representatives from public institutions and universities, scientists and business people, farmers, and activists.
At the 27th Conference of Parties, (COP27) in Egypt this year, the country is expected submit its most recent nationally determined contributions. Green financing will be a major topic.
Another milestone in the fight against climate changes is the completion of the Climate Law.
