President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Tuesday unveiled an ambitious update to Türkiye’s green climate goals and said his country would “transform” key sectors to hit 2053 targets.
Erdoğan joined leaders from around 100 countries for COP29 in the Azerbaijani capital Baku.
Erdoğan and first lady Emine Erdoğan were welcomed by hosts Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres.
The Turkish president posed for a family photo with world leaders ahead of the plenary sessions where he will also speak.
COP29 began on Monday, bringing together world leaders, policymakers and activists who stressed the critical stage of global warming and urged global unity on climate action.
More than 75 leaders are expected in Baku over two days but the heads of some of the most powerful and polluting economies are not attending this year’s summit.
Just a handful of leaders from the G-20, which accounts for nearly 80% of planet-heating greenhouse gas emissions, are expected in Baku, including British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
Joe Biden, Xi Jinping, Narendra Modi and Emmanuel Macron are among the G-20 leaders missing the event, where uncertainty over future U.S. unity on climate action hung over the opening day.
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