After summer of severe floods and fires, Turkey to ratify Paris Agreement

In his address at the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced the Paris Climate Agreement would be submitted to Turkey’s parliament for approval next month.
A volunteer rests as flames rise from a forest burning in the background near Akcayaka, a town in the Mugla province, on Aug. 6, 2021.
A volunteer rests as flames rise from a forest burning in the background near Akcayaka, a town in the Mugla province, in Turkey, on Aug. 6, 2021. - YASIN AKGUL/AFP via Getty Images
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ISTANBUL — Speaking to the United Nations General Assembly in New York Tuesday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said his government would seek to ratify the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement next month.

"Turkey is not indifferent to any global problem, crisis or call, and will also do its part on climate change and protecting the environment,” Erdogan said Tuesday.

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