![]() ![]() Among the forum's international participants are Portugal's former Minister of Europe Bruno Macaes, CEO and General Director of Italian news agency ANSA Stefano De Alessandri, global climate and environment news editor at Associated Press (AP) Peter Prengaman, and Arturo Larena, the climate director of Spain's EFE Agency. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) are also scheduled to address the event. Development Program (UNDP) Türkiye Resident Representative Louisa Vinton, and Ovais Sarmad, the deputy executive secretary of the U.N. ![]() Other dignitaries include Vice President Fuat Oktay, the Presidential Communications Director Fahrettin Altun, and Minister of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change Murat Kurum. Along with the president, first lady Emine Erdoğan, who champions environmental causes including the landmark Zero Waste Project, are attending the event. The Environment Forum, held under the theme of "Reshaping the Narrative of Environmental and Climate Crises," seeks to raise awareness of the climate crisis and other environmental issues. If timely and adequate action is not undertaken, environmental disasters, air pollution, water and food security, and biodiversity loss will reach irreversible levels," Erdoğan said in a video message to the forum. Every year, we see and feel the effects of this destruction more and more all over the world. "Industrialization, technological advances and human-driven effects have unfortunately wreaked serious damage to nature and the environment. ![]() As nature suffers from the drawbacks of industrialization and technological developments, "timely and adequate action" needs to be taken to prevent environmental problems, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said in a speech at the forum. The first edition of the Environment Forum, an event organized by Anadolu Agency (AA), opened in Istanbul on Thursday. ![]()
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