The conference is expected to mark a landmark moment in precautionary steps against the increasing threat of climate change and global warming by determining the framework of the post-Kyoto period in terms of environmental issues through a written statement.Above the picture of an older Erdoğan, the prime minister is depicted as saying: “I apologize. We had the opportunity to prevent climate change, but unfortunately did nothing.” This is not the first time Greenpeace has put up such posters. Copenhagen Airport is the site of several posters of world leaders, all depicted as older versions of themselves.
“We have no time to waste. Will Erdoğan continue to remain indifferent to the serious problem that is climate change and apologize to us 10 years later, or will he give another ‘one minute’ message on climate change, which will mostly damage the future of the world’s poor people, along with Turkey?” says Hilal Atıcı, coordinator of Greenpeace Mediterranean’s Energy and Climate Change campaign, referring to Erdoğan’s request for “one minute” from a moderator to finish his speech before his dramatic Jan. 29 walkout in Davos in protest of Israel’s Gaza policies.
Atıcı also emphasized that Turkey is the 17th largest economy in the world and should therefore play a determining role in shaping world environmental policy, adding that Erdoğan, by attending the summit, ought to put pressure on world leaders to pass a legally binding agreement after the conference.
