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Global business comes together in New York for COP31
The COP31 Business Forum New York Dialogue was held under the joint auspices of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Türkiye (TOBB) and Bloomberg. The meeting addressed the COP31 Action Agenda, climate finance, investments and the private sector’s contribution to climate targets.
The COP31 Business Forum New York Dialogue was held in New York, jointly hosted by the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Türkiye (TOBB), COP31’s private-sector envoy, and Bloomberg.
The meeting, held at Bloomberg’s headquarters, brought together more than 300 senior executives from the international business community. COP31 President and Minister of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change Murat Kurum delivered the main address, presenting the COP31 Action Agenda to the global business community.
The meeting examined the private sector’s role in implementing climate targets, as well as the responsibilities business can undertake during the COP31 process, particularly in climate finance, investments, clean energy and green industry.
M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu, president of TOBB and chair of the COP31 Business Forum, and Michael Bloomberg, founder of Bloomberg LP and Bloomberg Philanthropies, also attended the event.
Ali Koç, vice chair of Koç Holding, Fatih Birol, executive director of the International Energy Agency, Makhtar Diop, managing director of the International Finance Corporation, and John Denton, secretary general of the International Chamber of Commerce, spoke at the panel titled “The Private Sector’s Response to the COP31 Action Agenda,” moderated by Francine Lacqua of Bloomberg TV.
Türkiye Banks Association holds COP31 meetings
Alpaslan Çakar, chair of the Board of Directors of the Banks Association of Türkiye, also attended the program held as part of New York Climate Week.
According to a statement by the Banks Association of Türkiye, Çakar held bilateral meetings with Fatih Birol, executive director of the International Energy Agency, and Michael Bloomberg during the event.
The meetings addressed the role of the financial sector in turning climate targets into concrete projects, climate finance and investments, as well as the private sector’s potential contributions to the COP31 process.
As part of preparations ahead of COP31, which Türkiye will host, the COP31 Business and Investment Summit is planned to take place in Antalya on November 12–13.
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