TUANA/GÖZDE/Duygu KARADUMAN TOPAL/ ÇAKIRBEYLİ SECONDARY SCHOOL/CLIMATE CHANGE

 STEAM PROJECTS IN IMPLEMENTATION FOR CLIMATE CHANGE

 

Capacity Building and Monitoring Project for Realizing the Greenhouse Gas National Contribution Target

The "Capacity Building and Monitoring Project for the Realization of the Greenhouse Gas National Contribution Target", which was included in the Investment Program within the framework of the protocol signed in November 2017 to update Turkey's national contribution target (INDC), submitted to the UNFCCC Secretariat in 2015, continues. The targets and policies for reduction and adaptation in the national contributions of the countries that are party to the Paris Agreement will be examined on the basis of the sector, and guiding evaluations will be made for our country's policies. In project scope; Preparation of data table templates for each sector, creation of emission projections and scenario sets, establishment of data collection infrastructure as an online system, projection studies and development of scenarios, determination of carbon sequestration potential of LULUCF sector, creation of a model scenario on the basis of open economy and drafting of compliance declaration activities such as

Technical Assistance for Development of Analysis-Based Strategy and Action for Low-Carbon Development

One of the technical projects within the scope of the Pre-Accession Financial Assistance Program-1 (IPA-1) to the European Union, “Technical Assistance Project for Development of Analytical-Based Strategy and Action for Low-Carbon Development” was initiated as of June 7, 2017, and May 2020 It will expire by the end of the month. With the Project in question, it is aimed to reduce human-induced greenhouse gas emissions by contributing to global efforts through solution-based fight against climate change, and to evaluate low-carbon growth opportunities in the waste, agriculture, building and transportation sectors, and to explore new business areas and innovative approaches that provide environmentally friendly economic growth. .

The four components within the scope of the project are as follows;

Component 1: Inventory work and review of current climate change strategies,

Component 2: Making regulatory and sectoral impact assessments regarding the EU climate acquis,

Component 3: Determining the reduction costs and potential of actions related to the building, transportation, waste and agriculture sectors within the scope of the National Climate Change Action Plan (UIDEP),

Component 4: In order to achieve low carbon emissions in the long term, it is aimed to make scenario modeling of greenhouse gas emissions for the building, transportation, waste and agriculture sectors and to prioritize action areas.

Training Project for Building Institutional Capacity on Adaptation to Climate Change

The opening meeting of the project, which aims to increase the capacity of institutions in Turkey in adapting to climate change in line with the EU adaptation strategy, was held. In the project where the beneficiary institution is the General Directorate of Environmental Management, training programs will be organized for the personnel of the member organizations of the Climate Change and Air Management Coordination Board to increase the institutional capacity. The duration of the project, whose contracting authority is the General Directorate of EU and Foreign Relations of the Ministry of Environment and Urbanization, is 10 months.

Strengthening Climate Adaptation Action in Turkey Project

Within the scope of IPA II program, “Strengthening Climate Adaptation Action in Turkey Project” is carried out by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Turkey with the co-financing of the European Union and our Ministry. The project started on 09.10.2019 and the opening conference was held in Ankara on 26.02.2020.

 

Training Project for Building Institutional Capacity on Adaptation to Climate Change

Within the scope of IPA II, Training Project for Building Institutional Capacity on Adaptation to Climate Change has started as of January 2, 2020.

 Capacity Building Technical Assistance Project for Capacity Building and Transfer on Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases (F-Gas)

Capacity Building Technical Assistance for Capacity Building and Transfer on Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases (F-Gas), of which our Ministry is the beneficiary, was initiated in May 2017 and will be completed in May 2020. The aim of the project is to increase national capacity to reduce anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions and to comply with EU climate policy legislation, to develop capacity on F-gases and to prepare legislation for climate change mitigation activities in order to contribute to global efforts to prevent climate change.

 Capacity Building Project on updating the Monitoring, Reporting and Verification legislation (MRD)

The Capacity Building Project on updating the MRV (Monitoring, Reporting and Verification) legislation, which started in October 2013 within the framework of the bilateral cooperation between our Ministry and the German International Cooperation Agency (GIZ), continues. The updating of the "Regulation on the Monitoring of Greenhouse Gas Emissions", the "Communiqué on the Monitoring and Reporting of Greenhouse Gas Emissions" and the "Communiqué on the Verification of Greenhouse Gas Reports and the Accreditation of Verification Bodies" are progressing in line with the determined schedule. By means of the regulation, which continues to be updated and entered into force by being published in the Official Gazette dated 17 May 2014 and numbered 29003; Greenhouse gas emissions, which constitute approximately half of the national greenhouse gas emissions, have been monitored by our Ministry since 2015 at the facility level. On the other hand, within the scope of the project in question, in order to monitor greenhouse gas emissions originating from the aviation sector, taking into account the relevant international requirements and the unique conditions of our country, and examining foreign examples, the greenhouse gas emissions originating from this sector were examined.The regulation studies for the monitoring of gas emissions started with the General Directorate of Civil Aviation. In this context, it is aimed to complete the related draft regulation work and the data management system specific to the aviation sector in the last quarter of 2020. In addition to the work carried out specifically for the aviation sector, the implementation methods and details of the monitoring, reporting and verification system of greenhouse gas emissions carried out within the scope of the legislation, which can provide the potential to improve the data quality, are examined, the preparation of the necessary guides in line with the good practices in these matters and the improvement of the practice through training activities. Finally, within the scope of the project, it is planned to carry out a technical study in order to determine the emission benchmark values ​​(benchmarks) specific to the activity. Institutional capacity is being developed for this study and data analysis studies will be carried out for voluntary sectors and certain product types.

 

 

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