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Turkey getting nearly $3.16B to spearhead climate-friendly projects

October 28, 2021 at 11:26 pm

Turkish President and leader of the Justice and Development Party (AK Party), Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech during the parliamentary group meeting of AK Party, at the Grand National Assembly of Turkey in Ankara, Turkey on October 27, 2021 [Murat Kula – Anadolu Agency]

Turkey is getting nearly $3.16 billion from abroad to spearhead its climate-friendly projects, the nation’s president said on Thursday, and reported by Anadolu News Agency.

“We will use $3.157 billion of resources that were brought to Turkey through the World Bank and developed countries for green climate-friendly projects,” Recep Tayyip Erdogan said at the inauguration ceremony for the Nation’s Garden in the capital Ankara.

Ankara will, hopefully, also lead the way in the Green Development Revolution, which Turkey has set as the “first and most ambitious goal of its vision for 2053,” he added.

The Turkish parliament early this month ratified the Paris Climate Agreement to contribute to global efforts to fight climate change, a move that was met with international praise.​​​​​​​

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