Turkey Climate Leader Nomination: Ms. Diden Limgin
Ms. Diden Limgin, General Manager of TEMA Foundation The concept of environment was first mentioned in world literature at the Stockholm Conference in 1972. However,... Read more.
Generating Electricity by Using Trash in Turkey
In Turkey, each household produces about 2 kg of waste daily, resulting in a total waste of over 70,000 tons each day. Traditionally, waste has been dumped in wastelands,... Read more.
Forests Cover Almost a Third of Turkey and Produce 42 Million Tons of Oxygen Annually
Forests cover almost a third of Turkey. They are almost all state-owned and vary from temperate rainforest in the northeast to maquis in the south and west. Pine,... Read more.
Recommendations to Strengthen Turkey’s NDCs
The NDC Partnership is a network of over 120 countries, facilitated by UNFCCC, that is dedicated to helping each other strengthen their Paris Agreement Nationally... Read more.
Turkey’s Energy Production Methods Depends on Over 85 Percent of Fossil Fuels
Turkey has come a long way since the 1990s, from mostly dependent on fossil fuels to producing more renewable energy. Turkey’s energy production methods are... Read more.
Climate Change and Summer Heat in Turkey
Between 2010 and 2022, climate change has caused the ten hottest years on record. With the influence of El Nino in 2023, which saw temperature records broken on... Read more.
Leading Country Climate NGOs: SHURA Energy Transition Center
The European Climate Foundation (ECF), Agora Energiewende, and Sabancı University (SU) Istanbul Policy Center (IPC) founded the SHURA Energy Transition Center.... Read more.
Turkey Takes the First Step with a Monitoring-Verifying-Reporting System
An Emission Trading System is of considerable significance because of the environmental and economic advantages it offers, such as; Carbon Emission Reduction: It... Read more.
Turkey 2024 Climate Scorecard Award: Deniz Ataç
Climate Scorecard’s 2024 Government Climate Leadership Award is presented to a country official who has done the most to reduce emissions in their country’s... Read more.
Turkey’s Increased Population and Construction have Favored Economic Growth Over Climate Mitigation Policies
The economy in Turkey has been on a growth trend for many years despite the surging inflation since 2022. The growth has been supported by mainly increased population... Read more.