Environment, Urban Planning and Climate Change Minister Murat Kurum stated that Turkey urgently needs a climate change law. The institution also shared the mandatory changes that will have to be experienced in the coming years.
While climate change is being felt concretely all over the world, Turkey has announced that it will participate in global efforts for the future in 2021. party to the Paris Climate Agreement. Turkey, however It has committed to achieving net zero emissions by 2053.. While Turkey has started preparations to reach this commitment, important statements came from the Minister of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change, Murat Kurum.
Minister Kurum stated that there are 2 very important points that the newly started Climate Council will contribute to this issue. The institution said that these issues are the Climate Law and the Contribution of Local Governments.Turkey urgently needs a comprehensive Climate Law.” said. Announcing that the preparations for the Climate Law are continuing, the Institution It will be a framework document that will shape Turkey’s next 100 years. expressed their belief.
“216 million people will be displaced by 2050”
Participating in the Climate Council, the first leg of which was held in Konya today, the Institution will continue until 2050. More than 216 million people He stated that he will be relocated due to disasters. The institution said that climate migrations of this magnitude will change the demographic structure of many countries, and this change will bring along many problems that are difficult to solve. No state alone can stop these social explosions. stressed.
The 1.5 degree emphasis in the Paris Climate Agreement was reminded
institution, global warming It should be kept at 1.5 degrees He stated that this limit is a very critical threshold. He stated that for the 1.5 degree target, emissions should be reduced by 45% by 2030 and reached net zero by 2050. The institution said that in order to achieve this target in the world, a 7.6% reduction in emissions should be made every year until 2030.
Plans will be prepared this year
“In 2022, we will prepare our country’s up-to-date National Contribution Statement and our Long-Term Strategy and Action Plan. We will finish all consultations and complete them by the end of the year. We will present it to the Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.”
“We must increase the number of production facilities based on renewable energy sources”
“Now in the upcoming process; We must further increase the installation of storage, battery and smart grids, and increase the number of our production facilities based on renewable energy sources to the highest point. At this point, we must urgently prepare the ‘Long Term Energy Plan’. On making the energy infrastructures of our cities more efficient and resilient we need to speed up the work”
What needs to be done in the industrial sector:
“The transition to green production in the industrial sector and the widespread use of renewable energy; energy efficiency, the use of alternative raw materials and fuel should be our priority. Especially in industrial areas such as iron-steel, cement, petrochemistry We should expand the use of green hydrogen. We should support products produced using alternative raw materials with public procurement.
In transportation; Increasing the share of railways in transportation, popularization of hybrid vehicles, hydrogen conversion in fuel We should increase applications such as We must resolutely take steps to increase the use of modes of transport such as zero-emission public transport, bicycle and logistics transport.”
Zero waste movement:
Finally, the Minister Institution touched upon the issue of zero waste and said:Preparation of Circular Economy Action Plans and zero waste movement; It is of great importance in terms of reducing waste and preventing waste.” he said. The institution drew attention to the need to accelerate the reuse of wastewater and solid waste, as well as the construction of rainwater collection systems. In addition, he emphasized that the infrastructure should be established rapidly in order to increase the use of renewable energy sources in new buildings and to develop the green building certificate and almost zero energy building works.
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