Turkey Representation of the Heinrich Böll Stiftung started to publish the quarterly, “Alternatif – Political Analysis and Commentary from Turkey”, in both Turkish and English. With their own words “this quarterly periodical strives to be a source of reference for civil society, decision makers, opinion leaders in- and outside of Turkey”. Their first issue features our article on the eve of COP21. Below you will find Turkish version but if you click this link you can also read the English one. Enjoy.
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Climate Action Tracker published the analysis of Turkey’s INDC as of 22 October 2015. I think this is a critical document for Turkish side and would be very useful for self evaluation. So, I decided to translate it into Turkish. Here it is, available for wider audience in Turkey.
Me and my colleagues* just delivered a brief report on the new climate regime and what it means for business world (in Turkish). We undertook the assignment on behalf of Turkey’s prominent industrial conglomerate group consisting of 48 companies. The report remains internal and will not be disclosed.
* Thanks to dear colleagues who put great effort in the publication: Ethemcan Turhan, Mustafa Özgür Berke and Cem İskender Aydın.
I wrote a short article for the 56th issue of EKO IQ (Turkey’s foremost green business magazine) and argued that emission trading system is not the only policy option Turkey has. Priority should be given to regulatory mechanisms rather than market based ones if Turkey is to be progressive about its transition to a low carbon economy. Please continue to read more (in Turkish).
Turkey’s delayed INDC raised questions and caused disappointment among the Turkish environmental NGOs & climate scientists. Me and Dr. Ethemcan Turhan analysed the document and wrote a piece (in Turkish) for the prominent on-line news portal www.diken.com.tr. We hope to publish an English version soon.
EKO IQ, Turkey’s first and foremost green business & life magazine generously published my reflections on the International Scientific Conference “Our Common Future under Climate Change” that took place at UNESCO and UPMC (Paris) in July 2015. This was the largest forum for the scientific community to come together ahead of the 21st UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (COP21).
As the issue is archived, the full text in Turkish is now available for free access.
English >> GAIA Dergi kindly published my reflections on Our Common Future Under Climate Change Conference took place in Paris. GAIA is Turkey’s emerging monthly magazine on ecology & sustainable living as well as a civic platform to promote biodiversity & rights for all species. I hope to contribute with monthly articles. Full text is available here (only in Turkish): https://gaiadergi.com/iklim-bilimcilerden-paris-iklim-zirvesi-oncesi-onemli-mesajlar-var/
EKO IQ, Turkey’s
first and foremost green business & life magazine generously published my reflections on the International Scientific Conference “Our Common Future under Climate Change” that took place at UNESCO and UPMC (Paris) in July 2015. This was the largest forum for the scientific community to come together ahead of the 21st UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (COP21).
Our op-ed (drafted with Ethemcan) on Our Common Future Under Climate Change Conference that took place in Paris has been published at Zaman, a major newspaper with +740K daily circulation. Here is the text in Turkish (More insights will follow)
Yeni İklim Rejimi ve Türkiye
DR. ETHEMCAN TURHAN*, ARIF CEM GÜNDOĞAN**
15 Temmuz 2015, Çarşamba, Zaman Gazetesi
Türkiye’nin yeni iklim rejiminde geçmişte yaşanan stratejik sorunların tekrar etmesini istemiyorsak değişimin anahtarı iklim politikası yapıcılarının elinde. OECD ve G-20 üyesi, AB aday ülkesi Türkiye aralık ayında 21. Taraflar Konferansı’nda (COP21) netleşecek yeni iklim rejiminde yer almalı. Bu da enerji, madencilik ve kentleşme gibi son yıllara damga vuran ekolojik ihtilafların sebeplerine dikkatli bir bakış gerektiriyor.
The climate change guidance book (Climate Change Guide: from A to Z, in Turkish) I edited & revised together with colleagues from the Regional Environmental Centre Turkey has been published. EKO IQ, a prominent sustainability & green business magazine in Turkey, published a piece about it on their 53rd issue.
(Full story published in Turkish here: http://ekoiq.com/adan-zye-iklim-degisikligi/
A’dan Z’ye İklim Değişikliği
EKO IQ, Issue 53, July 2015
İklim Değişikliği bulguları, tartışmaları ve mevzuatı, son 10 yılda gerçekten baş döndürücü bir hızla gelişti ve değişti. Bölgesel Çevre Merkezi Türkiye’den bir ekip, aynı kurum tarafından 2008 yılında, yani bundan yedi yıl önce yayınlanmış A’dan Z’ye İklim Değişikliği Başucu Rehberi’ni baştan sona yeniden ele aldı ve kapsamlı bir revizyonla geçtiğimiz ay tekrar yayınladı. Biz de Arif Cem Gündoğan, Dursun Baş ve Rifat Ünal Sayman’dan oluşan ekibe, yenileme çalışmaları, iklim değişikliği bulguları ve tartışmalarındaki değişim konusundaki fikirlerini sorduk; ve gördük ki köprünün altından gerçekten çok sular akmış…