TURKMENISTAN PRIORITIZES THE INTERESTS OF CHILDREN IN CLIMATE ACTION
The 31st session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is being held in Antalya, Republic of Türkiye, from November 9 to 20, 2026. Within the framework of this conference (COP31), Turkmenistan signed the Declaration on Children, Youth and Climate Action, which was presented with the participation of world leaders and youth at the 25th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP25) held in Madrid in 2019. This confirmed the commitment to considering the rights, needs, and perspectives of children in climate policy and in their involvement in relevant initiatives. This document is a global initiative that guarantees the protection of children and youth from the impacts of climate change and their active participation in addressing environmental issues. The cooperation between the Ministry of Education of Turkmenistan and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in this direction aims to enhance the environmental literacy of the younger generation.
Referring to the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, this Declaration emphasizes the need to strengthen the right of children to live in a healthy and clean environment at both national and international levels.
Merjen GURBANNAZAROVA,
Senior Lecturer at the Department of International Law and Comparative
Law Studies
of the Institute of International Relations
of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan