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Türkiye backs industrial growth with lower emissions under electrification pledge
Türkiye aims to grow industry while cutting emissions, Industry and Technology Minister Mehmet Fatih Kacır said on Nov.
13.
He spoke after attending a meeting at the COP31 climate summit in Antalya, where President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was also present.
The meeting focused on the 35-by-35 Global Electrification Pledge, which seeks to make electricity 35 percent of global final energy use by 2035.
It would do this by expanding electricity use in transport, buildings and industry.
Participants linked green industry with investment, jobs and growth, while saying it should support countries’ development goals and prosperity.
Türkiye says it will use initiatives under its COP31 presidency to make green industrialization accessible to all economies.
The pledge’s target year is 2035, and the country says it will continue working through those initiatives.
Türkiye aims to expand industrial production and technological capacity while reducing emissions, Industry and Technology Minister Mehmet Fatih Kacır said.
Kacır said he attended the “35-by-35” Global Electrification Pledge meeting at the COP31 climate summit in Antalya.
The pledge aims to raise electricity’s share of global final energy consumption to 35 percent by 2035.
A high-level dialogue at the leaders’ summit focused on investment, jobs and growth opportunities from green industrialization.
Türkiye says it will use initiatives under its COP31 presidency to make green industrialization accessible to all economies.
- Who
- Türkiye, represented by Industry and Technology Minister Mehmet Fatih Kacır, and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan attended the event.
- What
- Türkiye aims to expand industrial production and technological capacity while reducing emissions.
- When
- Kacır said he attended the meeting on Nov. 13.
- Where
- The meeting was at the COP31 climate summit in Antalya, Türkiye.
- Why
- The pledge aims to increase electricity’s share of global final energy consumption and support industrial growth with lower emissions.
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Kacır said he attended the “35-by-35” Global Electrification Pledge meeting at the COP31 climate summit in Antalya.
A high-level dialogue focused on investment, jobs and growth opportunities from green industrialization.
- Electrification target
- 35 percent of global final energy consumption by 2035
- Meeting
- 35-by-35” Global Electrification Pledge
- Location
- COP31 climate summit in Antalya
- Minister
- Mehmet Fatih Kacır
- Date of attendance
- Nov. 13
What people are saying
Türkiye would continue working through initiatives under its COP31 presidency to make green industrialization a development opportunity accessible to all economies