Just Energy Transition Pathways in the Western Balkans and Türkiye

Organised by the Istanbul Policy Center–Sabancı University–Stiftung Mercator Initiative and ZIP Institute, this high-level ministerial dialogue will take place on Thursday, 12 November 2026, from 18:00 to 20:00, in Special Event Room 4 – Perge in the COP31 Blue Zone. The discussion will explore pathways towards a just energy transition in the Western Balkans and Türkiye. Agim Selami, Mercator–IPC Short-term Fellow, Chairman of MEF and Executive Director of ZIP Institute, will moderate the event. Participants will include Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova, President of North Macedonia; Muamet Hoxha, Minister of Environment and Physical Planning of North Macedonia; Fitore Pacolli Dalipi, Minister of Environment and Spatial Planning of Kosovo; a representative of Türkiye’s Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change; and Genti Gazheli, Deputy Minister of Environment of Albania.