Climate Change and Environment

August 2026… Water is easy to take for granted — until there isn’t enough of it, or too much at once.This summer, both situations are playing out at once. Record droughts across Europe have slowed trade, hindered energy production and withered crops. Extreme rainfall brought flash floods across Asia, forcing …

August 2026… Dams are full, but the water risk persists: Professor Dr. Kadıoğlu warns! Dams are full, but Türkiye’s water risk has not disappeared. While a 75.4 percent increase in rainfall compared to last year and an active water level of 68.9 percent has created the perception that “the drought …

August 2026… A Suggestion to Incorporate Stubble into the Soil by Plowing Instead of Burning It… Fehmi Kiraz, the Chairperson of the Turkish Association of Agricultural Engineers, issued a warning regarding the practice of burning stubble, which also causes forest fires. ANKARA… Kiraz, speaking to an Anatolian Agency (AA reporter), …

August 2026… The El Niño event in the equatorial Pacific strengthened through June and July 2026 and several meteorological agencies assess it could become the strongest in roughly 150 years, peaking in the autumn–winter and decaying through mid-2027. Grain futures have moved ahead of any confirmed losses: in July, wheat …

August 2026… Climate change, water scarcity, disruptions in global supply chains, and increasing population pressure, along with shrinking agricultural land, are transforming agriculture and food from merely an economic activity into a strategic security issue. The future of nations is now shaped not only by their access to energy, industry …

August 2026… Europe’s prolonged heat waves are exposing a growing vulnerability that stretches far beyond agriculture or water shortages… BRUSSELS… As Rhine, Danube, Po rivers fall to historic lows, continent is facing mounting disruptions to freight transport, electricity generation, industrial production, supply chains Europe’s largest rivers are already at water …

August 2026… Wheat took centre stage in the agricultural commodities market last month… In the commodities market, the agricultural sector saw sharp rises last month due to the El Niño weather phenomenon, global drought and geopolitical tensions, with movements in wheat prices taking centre stage. Global climatic factors and geopolitical …

Press release… July 2026… A new analysis reveals that more than half of the international trade agreements signed from early 2025 to June 2026 explicitly include climate cooperation. Over a third of the agreements signed during the same period contain provisions for renewable energy. With the relationship between trade and …

Press release… July 2026… New Turning Point in Agriculture: Climate, Water and Resilience Pressures Are Increasing Climate change, increasing pressure on water resources, and rising food demand are making sustainability essential for the continuity of production in the agriculture and food sector. Rising temperatures, drought and extreme weather events directly …

Press release… Budapest, Hungary, June 2026: The agri benchmark Cash Crop Conference 2026, hosted by the Institute of Agricultural Economics (AKI), brought together international experts from agriculture, research, industry and policy to discuss the sector’s central challenges: how crop farms can remain competitive while adapting to increasingly volatile markets, rising …