Climate Conference: what can COP31 achieve?

Birgün, however, criticises that the host of the climate summit is sending out the wrong signal:

“Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar announced to the whole world ahead of COP31 that the country would not phase out fossil fuels (coal, oil and gas) by 2040. COP31 President Murat Kurum, the Minister for the Environment, Urbanisation and Climate Change – who otherwise says ‘We don’t have a single day to lose’ – has yet to comment on this, however. … Bayraktar’s statement has made it clear that Turkey intends to continue operating its coal- and gas-fired power stations, which account for around 147 million tonnes of the country’s total 584 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent greenhouse gas emissions, until 2040. Yet in the run-up to COP31, which is being referred to as the ‘Implementation COP’, the world had expected steps towards phasing out fossil fuels.”