Meeting of UCLG-MEWA Committee on Environment was held on 13 November 2015, in Malatya, Turkey. Attracting great attention, the meeting included agenda of the committee and the suggestions made by the members.
The meeting also included the election of the governing bodies of the Committee on Environment; in which Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality was elected the President of the Committee. Members suggested the Meeting of the Committee on Environment in 2016 to be hosted by Istanbul. The meeting also included Malatya Declaration, to be published at the end of the Sustainable Cities Forum on 14 November, and the declaration was put into its final form in accordance with the suggestions of the members.