Global Climate Change and Turkey

The Mediterranean Basin, in which our country is located,

is one of the most sensitive regions of the world against

global climate change.

 A temperature increase of 2°C in the Mediterranean

 Basin will have its effects as unexpected

 weather events, heat waves, increase in the number and effect of forest fires,

drought andthus loss of biodiversity, decrease in tourism revenues, loss of

agricultural yield and most importantly drought. it will feel.

According to the Final Report

 of the Future of Turkey Project by WWF-Turkey,

the main effects of climate change will be

as follows:

• The temperature increase will be limited

until the end of the 2030s, and a rapid increase

will be observed after this period,

• Although it shows seasonal and regional

differences, the temperature increase is

 expected to reach around 4°C in winter and 6°C

in summer (according to the 1960-1990 period),

• While there will be a decrease in winter

precipitation throughout Turkey,

 only an increase will be seen in the eastern

 half of Northern Anatolia.

The Climate Change National Action Plan

published in 2011 also states that the

 annual average temperature in Turkey

 will increase by 2.5°-4°C in the coming years,

and that the increase will exceed 4°C in

the Aegean and Eastern Anatolian Regions and 5˚C

 in the inner regions. It also rev

eals that Turkey will have a hotter, drier and more uncertain

climate in terms of precipitation in the near future.

The Climate Change Action Plan predicts that Turkey

 will be significantly affected by adverse effects such as

the decrease in water resources, forest fires, drought and desertification,

and ecological deterioration due to these.

Yiğit-Çakırbeyli Secondary School/Tülay Ünlü

Steam For Green Nature