Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is scheduled to attend a high-level meeting titled “Clean Energy Transition by 2035: Powering the Future” at Antalya today on Wednesday, November 11, 2026, where clean energy transition protocols will be on the agenda. This top-level assembly has been officially called by the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan with the objective of making a strong push for international cooperation on global carbon mitigation and emission reduction plans.
Advancing Clean Energy and Global Climate Justice Advocacy
The pivotal part in the state visit will be the presentation of Pakistan’s comprehensive National Statement before the main plenary of COP-31 Summit Antalya. Global climate change advocacy for vulnerable territories who are facing severe ecological disaster will be a central topic of the premier’s upcoming speech. The state’s presentation charts three key structural pillars:
Financing Integration: Press industrial carbon emitters to provide financial resources to developing countries that are not conditional.
Renewable Expansion: Showcasing Pakistan’s fast progress in the field of renewable energy infrastructure such as the gigantic solarization structures in Pakistan.
Vulnerability Tracking: Showing the collective voice of climate-affected people to secure binding climate agreements.
Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif arrives in Antalya, Türkiye, to participate in COP31 Leaders’ Summit. Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif arrived in Antalya, Republic of Türkiye, today on an official visit to participate in the Leaders’ Summit of the 31st Conference of the Parties (COP31) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Upon arrival, the Prime Minister was received by Mr. Gökhan Yazgı, Deputy Minister of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Türkiye, Pakistan’s Ambassador-designate to Türkiye, Ms. Amna Baloch, and senior Turkish officials. The Prime Minister will address the COP31 Antalya Leaders’ Summit, highlighting Pakistan’s climate priorities and emphasizing the urgent need for enhanced global climate action and strengthened international cooperation to mitigate the adverse impacts of climate change, in accordance with established principles. The Prime Minister will also address the High-Level Dialogue on Clean Energy Transition and Electrification, titled “35 by 35: Powering the Future.” On the sidelines of the Summit, the Prime Minister is also scheduled to hold bilateral meetings with Turkish President Recep Erdoğan and other world leaders attending COP31 to discuss matters of mutual interest and strengthen bilateral cooperation. “Pakistan Pavilion” has been established at the COP31 venue where 54 events will be hosted on various themes. Pakistan’s contributions in previous COP outcomes include among others active climate diplomacy that led to the establishment of Loss and Damage Fund during COP27.
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Bilateral Engagements and Clean Energy Strategic Alliances
Meanwhile, the prime minister is carrying out a busy diplomacy agenda to broaden bilateral ties, in addition to the main environmental panels. He is conducting separate but critical discussions with a number of world leaders who are arriving, on financial measures and common environmental issues that can be solved across the border. At the end of the challenging global environmental diplomacy day, the prime minister will attend a prestigious evening Gala Dinner with world leaders hosted by President Erdogan, thereby establishing a close cultural and political brotherhood between Islamabad and Ankara.
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