Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov at COP31 proposes an international environmental code under the UN

Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, the National Leader of the Turkmen people and Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty, addressed the plenary session of the COP31 leaders' summit in Antalya on 12 November. According to the official Turkmen government site, he put forward, as Turkmenistan's fifth initiative, the drafting of an international environmental code under UN auspices.

The code would bring existing international rules, norms and standards on environmental protection, climate change, biodiversity and sustainable use of natural resources together in a single document.

Turkmenistan also proposed a global partnership on climate technologies, a digital atlas of climate change and a new international format, the “Ashgabat climate dialogue”. Documents with international organisations were signed on the sidelines of the summit.