COP31 President and Minister of Environment, Urbanisation and Climate Change Murat Kurum has appointed Hüseyin Atakan Kubat, an Economics and Finance undergraduate at Istanbul Technical University, as "COP31 Youth and Climate Envoy". Kubat is part of the Climate Change Directorate's climate envoys programme.
The envoy's role is to support young people's active participation in developing and implementing climate policy, spread climate awareness across society, strengthen intergenerational cooperation, and build dialogue with youth initiatives, academia and national and international stakeholders.
The conference's thematic day of 14 November 2026 is dedicated to "Children, Youth, Education and Skills".
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