Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey

TOBB President and COP31 Business Forum Chair M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu made the following statement on his social media account regarding the meeting:

“As part of our events in New York, we held the ‘COP31 Business Forum New York Dialogue’ with broad participation, hosted by Bloomberg.

The keynote speaker at the meeting, COP31 President and Minister of Environment, Urbanization, and Climate Change Murat Kurum, presented the COP31 Action Agenda to the global business community.

In a panel titled ‘The Private Sector’s Response to the COP31 Action Agenda,’ moderated by Francine Lacqua of Bloomberg TV, Ali Koç, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Koç Holding; Dr. Fatih Birol, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), Makhtar Diop, Managing Director of the International Finance Corporation (IFC), and John Denton, Secretary General of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC).

“More than 300 senior executives from the international business community attended the meeting.”