Turkey - Climate Scorecard

03 August 2021August 1, 2021Barış Can Sever

Turkey: Lack of 2030 and 2050 Emissions Reduction Plans and a Fossil Fuel Centered COVID Economic Recovery Plan

This post was submitted by Turkey Country Manager Barış Can Sever Turkey lacks a plan for reducing 2030 and 2050...

12 July 2021July 9, 2021Nemanja Bozovic

Turkey Has Not Yet Made a Commitment to Reduce Greenhouse Gases By a Certain Percentage By 2030

This Post was submitted by Climate Scorecard Turkey Country Manager Nemanja Bozovic Current level of greenhouse gas emissions In 2019,...

14 May 2021May 14, 2021Barış Can Sever

Best Climate Practice Turkey: Yeşil Düşünce Derneği (Green Thought Association)

This Post was submitted by Climate Scorecard Turkey Country Manager Barış Can Sever One of the best climate practices...

11 April 2021April 9, 2021Barış Can Sever

Turkey’s Feed-In Tariff System of the Renewable Energy Sources Support Mechanism (YEKDEM)

By Climate Scorecard Turkey Country Manager Barış Can Sever One of Turkey’s best practices in renewable energy production is the...

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09 March 2021April 17, 2021Barış Can Sever

Turkey Needs to Develop a Multi-Sector Decarbonization Plan Among Other Climate Policies

Policy Recommendation 1: Current Incentives and Plans for Coal-Based Power Plants Should be Decreased and Eventually Abandoned Policy Recommendation 2:...

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03 February 2021March 1, 2021Barış Can Sever

Turkey’s Electricity Consumption was 272.53 Terawatt hours (TWh) in 2018, a 443.65% increase over 1990 levels (Source: IEA)

Since 1990, Turkey’s electricity consumption has steadily increased with period decreases in 2001 and 2010. The country consumed 50.13 Terawatt...

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21 December 2020December 28, 2020Barış Can Sever

190% Increase in Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Turkey Since 1990

Recently Reported Greenhouse Gas Emissions Levels: 374.13 Megatons in 2018, a 190.56% increase over 1990 levels (Source: IEA) Current greenhouse...

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04 October 2020October 3, 2020Onur Yimaz

A New Green Infrastructure Policy in Turkey Will Stimulate the Creation of Green Jobs

In the 2012 Rio+20 Sustainable Development Conference, sectors closely related to environmental sustainability are listed as agriculture, forestry, fishing, renewable...

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