"By making small changes in the daily lives of people, we can heal the world against the disease of climate change through an eco-friendly, waste-free life," Emine Erdogan says."I believe the most profound change will occur when we abandon the throw-away culture and adopt a lifestyle that generates almost no waste," Emine Erdogan says. / Photo: AA Archive
The world can heal from the disease of climate crisis through eco-friendly and waste-free life, Türkiye's First Lady Emine Erdogan has said. "A large part of the waste we abandon to nature consists of products that can be re-used and which have not yet completed their life cycle," Erdogan said in a video message to the second session of the United Nations Habitat Assembly on Tuesday.Erdogan said the"outstanding success" of Türkiye's zero-waste movement in a short period of time has shown to the world how important individual human effort is for environmental problems.
"By making small changes in the daily lives of people, we can heal the world against the disease of climate change through an eco-friendly, waste-free life."