By Editorial Team of TLF Turkey hosts the UN climate summit this month, and a columnist argues that the agenda will not change the economic system that drives the crisis. Emissions in Turkey are rising faster than the world average, he writes, and the official priorities will not reverse that alone. The 31st UN Climate Change Conference (COP31) runs in Antalya from 9 to 20 November. Turkey chairs the meetings as host, while Australia will act as chief negotiator. The Ministry of Environment, Urbanisation and Climate Change has named ten priority themes, including zero waste and methane reduction, clean energy and electrification, food security, green industry and climate-resilient cities. In a column published on the soL news site on 12 November, M. Faruk İşgenç says those themes will mean little unless planning changes at its root. Industry, farming, cities, transport, mining and health, he argues, must be run for public benefit rather than private profit. Without that sh...