Mehmet Tütüncü Appointed Co-Chair of COP31 Agriculture Group
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Yıldız Holding CEO Mehmet Tütüncü has been appointed co-chair of the Food Security and Agriculture Working Group within the Business Forum, ahead of the COP31 Climate Summit to be held in Antalya.
Mehmet Tütüncü, Chairman and CEO of Yıldız Holding, has taken on a critical role in the lead-up to COP31, the climate summit hosted by Turkey in Antalya from November 9-20. As part of the COP31 Business Forum, established following Tütüncü's appointment as TOBB's COP31 Business Ambassador, he has been entrusted with the co-chairmanship of the Food Security and Agriculture Working Group. This newly formed thematic working group aims to enhance coordination between climate objectives and agricultural policies.
The working group, co-chaired by Mehmet Tütüncü, has identified the food-water-climate nexus, climate-resilient agriculture, and strengthening the producer ecosystem as its primary focus areas. Actionable and scalable policy recommendations and best practice examples, informed by on-the-ground challenges, will be brought to the COP31 agenda. It has been decided that the final outputs will be officially presented to international stakeholders and the COP31 Presidency during the COP31 Business and Investment Summit in Antalya on November 12-13.
The international dimension of the agriculture and food security agenda took shape through high-level engagements during New York Climate Week. A dialogue meeting was held on September 22 at Bloomberg Headquarters, hosted by TOBB President Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu and Michael R. Bloomberg. Subsequently, on September 23, a roundtable meeting with co-chairs of working groups and business leaders discussed the vision for agricultural transformation and assessed the adaptation of the global food system to the climate crisis.
Outlining the strategic objectives for the summit process, Yıldız Holding Chairman and CEO Mehmet Tütüncü stated:
Highlighting the company's zero-waste production model, Yıldız Holding Chairman and CEO Mehmet Tütüncü summarized the on-the-ground objectives as follows: