Samed Agirbas, chairman of the Turkish Zero Waste Foundation, has been appointed as the UN High-Level Leader for Climate Action at the COP31 climate conference, which Türkiye will host this year, COP31 President and Turkish Minister of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change Murat Kurum wrote on X, Report informs.
"I am pleased to announce the appointment of Samed Agirbas as the High-Level Leader for the COP31 climate summit, which Türkiye will host this year and which will bring together representatives from 197 countries," he wrote.
Murat Kurum also expressed confidence that Agirbas will make a significant contribution to the success of the COP31 process.
Türkiye was elected to host the 31st session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP31) in November 2025. The conference will be held in Antalya November 9-20 this year, but the main negotiations in preparation for COP31 will be conducted in Australia.