00:00The 31st United Nations Climate Change Conference continues in Antalya,
00:04Turkey, with the participation of over 90 heads of state and government.
00:08For more on how the summit is unfolding, we welcome our correspondent, Juno Suner.
00:14Hello, good afternoon from Antalya, from southern Turkey, where I am right now in front of the
00:21Zero Waste Museum. This is a museum, it's on the ground inside the compound where the COP31
00:29is taking place. It has been inaugurated today to underline, emphasize, display the importance of
00:37avoiding waste and the importance of pursuing policies of recycling. It has been inaugurated
00:45by no one else, by the First Lady of Turkey, Emine Erdoğan, the wife of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan,
00:52with a huge participation. An indication that COP31 is not just the summit of meetings,
00:58but also includes a number of cultural events such as expositions, concerts, panels, etc., etc.
01:07But of course, the eyes were on the summit of the heads of state, heads of government that
01:13continued today on its second day. And the main issue that stood out there were demands for a reform of
01:22the financial institutions or for a financial answer to climate change. Several politicians from the
01:29global south, as you mentioned in your introduction, followed the line of Acting President
01:35Delsi Rodriguez from Venezuela and called the rich countries in the north of the globe to assume their
01:44responsibilities regarding financing what is needed to invest in terms of transitioning to green energy
01:53and clean energy. One of them was Deputy President, Vice President of Turkey, Cevdet Yilmaz. Another one
02:01politician was the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Nahbal Sharif, who criticized that these transfers can not
02:10only be credits because that lays a new burden on developing countries. They need to be donations
02:16or subventions in order to finance the necessary investments. Another politician that supported the
02:24idea was the Prime Minister of Bangladesh. So this is one dominant topic here that was visible throughout
02:32today and that we listened to also outside of the forum. Another issue are subnational organizations worth
02:40mentioning here is the organization around cities. Resilient cities that pursue electrification was a major issue
02:50here with new potentially inclusive financial instruments to enable cities to convert, for instance, their urban
02:59transport to electric autobuses, but also to renew their buildings and use more electricity. That's the idea.
03:08And we talked to several participants, some of them representatives of the cities, and they said they
03:14see that COP organization is now more inclusive towards them. There were there were meetings between ministers
03:23and representatives of cities. Several mayors are also here. The one from London is
03:29here, for instance, some mayors from the US in difference to their government are also present here. So this is
03:36another line standing out. In addition, methanol was a topic here led by the UN Secretary General. There was a
03:47meeting on that to lower the emissions of methanol, methane gas, excuse me, and to pursue investments there too. So
03:56this is
03:57also a discussion that's also a discussion that's ongoing. There are a huge number of panels and subgroups,
04:03working groups taking place actually in this United Nations conference on climate
04:10change, but they are continuing. And we what we hear is that people are hopeful that there will be concrete
04:17results coming out of this conference where hundreds more than 100 leaders are taking part today and they
04:26took part yesterday. Today will be the last day of the leaders summit, but the COP will continue until November
04:3420,
04:35with also negotiations between delegations ongoing. Just the leaders are departing to their home countries.
04:42countries. Thank you, Yunus, very much for your latest informations there from Antalya, Turquie.
04:51And now
