President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, in a video message he sent to the Environment Forum organized by Anadolu Agency, greeted the participants who came to Istanbul from all over the world to attend the forum. Wishing that the forum would be beneficial for all humanity, Erdoğan congratulated the Anadolu Agency management and all institutions and organizations that contributed and contributed to the execution of the event. President Erdoğan stated that the Environment Forum was organized to find a solution to one of the biggest global problems, the climate and environmental crisis, from the perspective of the media. Expressing that he believes that climate and environmental issues, from the responsibility of the media to sustainable development, to the approach of the media to natural disasters, will be addressed in all their dimensions, Erdoğan said, “Industrialization, technological advances and human-induced effects unfortunately cause serious damage to the environment. Every year, the effects of this destruction are worldwide. We see and feel more. If timely and adequate measures are not taken, environmental disasters, air pollution, water and food safety, and loss of biodiversity will reach irreversible points. Undoubtedly, as in every issue, countries that cause more damage to nature should assume more responsibility and fight more. It is important that it contributes more. Our understanding of ‘Let people live so that the state can live’ expresses a broad approach that includes the protection of the environment.” he said. Emphasizing that they see the environment and nature as God’s work and trust, Erdoğan continued as follows: “We believe that protecting the environment, which is the common living space of all people, is not a blessing but an obligation. Although our historical responsibility in terms of greenhouse gas emissions is below 1 percent, climate and Combating environmental problems is among our main agenda items. In this direction, we have taken historical steps to protect nature and the environment in our country and to prevent the effects of climate change in the last 20 years. Praise be to the dissemination of renewable energy, waste management, increasing forest areas and many more. We have succeeded in obtaining the results of these sincere efforts. Turkey has risen to 5th place in Europe and 12th in the world in renewable energy. We have achieved this success by increasing our renewable energy level to 55 percent of our total energy level. We have increased our forest assets to 23 million hectares in Europe. was the country that increased its forest wealth the most. k. We continue uninterruptedly with our goal of establishing 82 million square meters of national gardens in 81 provinces. While designing our country’s first domestic car, Togg, as fully electric, we acted with the awareness of our responsibility towards the environment. By ratifying the Paris Climate Agreement in our Assembly last year, we gained significant momentum in our fight against climate change. We will continue to take all necessary steps to reach net zero emissions in 2053, which is our ultimate goal in this regard.” Pointing out that media organizations such as Anadolu Agency have a great responsibility in raising awareness on climate change and the environment, Erdoğan said, “With the Green Line, which Anadolu Agency recently established, it is only possible to It has become one of the leading organizations of climate journalism not only in our country but also in the world. I believe that Anadolu Agency, which has been the voice of our country in the world for exactly 102 years, will tell the whole world about climate change and the environment by seeing the unseen and hearing the unheard. I wish success to our agency in this difficult but important task it has undertaken. I wish the Environment Forum to be successful and I would like to thank everyone who contributed.”
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