Türkiye’s public transportation primarily relies on conventional buses, trams, and metro systems, all of which require human operation. Istanbul and Ankara have extensive metro networks, and Istanbul’s Metrobus system serves as a high-capacity Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) model. However, no fully automated public transport systems are currently in operation. Türkiye’s Policy and Development Plans on...
Electric vehicles (EVs) accounted for 10.2% of the 1,014,830 cars registered between January and December 2024. However, overall, as of the end of 2024, only 183,776 (1.1%) of the 16,232,458 cars registered in traffic were EV. Given the minor percentage, the number of EVs on Turkish roads increased more than double, from 80,043 at the...
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, the environmental and sustainability concepts we understand today stepped into our lives at the United Nations Environment and Sustainable Development Conference in 1992. Two distinguished businessmen of Turkey, Hayrettin Karaca,...
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, leading to significant environmental risks and issues. While generating energy from waste is not a new concept, its widespread and commercial use can be considered innovative....
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, fir, oak, and beech are common. While the forest area in Turkey accounted for 26.7% of the country’s surface area in 1999, this percentage increased to 29%...
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 Determined Contributions (NDC) Pledges. The Partnership has just released Version 3.0 of the NDC Navigator, an interactive tool that supports the development of updated country NDCs to be submitted in...
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 similar to those of comparable countries in the world, with a dependence of over 85 percent on fossil fuels. In 2019, Turkey’s primary energy supply was around 30 percent oil,...
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 179 days in one year, it became the hottest year on record, and it is expected that temperature records will likely continue through the summer of 2024....
The European Climate Foundation (ECF), Agora Energiewende, and Sabancı University (SU) Istanbul Policy Center (IPC) founded the SHURA Energy Transition Center. SHURA Energy Transition Center’s (SHURA) mission is to support the debate on the transition to a low-carbon energy system in Turkey through energy efficiency and renewable energy, utilizing fact-based analysis and the...
An Emission Trading System is of considerable significance because of the environmental and economic advantages it offers, such as; Carbon Emission Reduction: It facilitates emissions reduction by implementing measures to control carbon emissions. Reducing emission limits incentivizes businesses to invest in greener technologies. Economic Benefits: Companies can buy and sell within the carbon market while...
