The National Leader of the Turkmen people and Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, presented Turkmenistan’s fifth initiative at the plenary session of the COP31 Leaders’ Summit. This was reported by the news agency ‘Turkmenistan: Golden age’.

The proposal provides for consideration of the possibility of developing an International Environmental Code under the auspices of the United Nations. The initiative is aimed at strengthening international climate cooperation and improving the legal framework in the environmental sphere.

As noted in the speech, the document will enable the systematisation of existing international rules, norms and standards in the fields of environmental protection, combating climate change, biodiversity conservation and sustainable use of natural resources.