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Following Türkiye’s ratification of the Paris Agreement, preparations for the 2050 climate change strategy and 2030 action plan, and the update of the Nationally Determined Contribution were launched as a collaboration of the Climate Change Directorate of the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).
Following President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s announcement of the 2053 net zero emission and green development targets, the Climate Change Presidency, a subordinate body to the Ministry, launched its activities to determine the plans and policies for the realization of these targets. Accordingly, a kick-off meeting for the Long-term Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan project was held in Ankara on December 16, 2021.
The meeting commenced with the speeches of Orhan Solak, Head of the Climate Change Presidency, and Louisa Vinton, UNDP Resident Representative in Türkiye. Solak, commenting on the green development revolution, said, “the new strategy that we will prepare together with UNDP will set out a mid-century vision for our country to improve its climate resilience and will provide a path toward the 2053 net-zero target, while simultaneously achieving our national development objectives and paving the way for long-term climate action with the green development vision”.
Addressing the participants, Vinton added, “Pessimists worry that Glasgow was ‘too little, too late’ to save the planet from the worst effects of climate change … that is why we are so glad that countries have agreed to try again next year to muster the political will needed to put a definitive brake on emissions. In this context, the timing is ideal for Türkiye to adopt goals and targets reflecting the boldness and ambition that the moment requires.”
The meeting continued with a panel discussion with the participation of representatives from TÜSİAD, EBRD, the EU Delegation, the UK Embassy and the International Labor Organization (ILO).
More than 200 representatives from the public and private sectors, universities and NGOs came together for the opening meeting.
