Climate Change and Environment

October, 2026… Türkiye has expanded its strict conservation forest network to 60 locations by shielding nearly 12,000 additional hectares from human intervention, aiming to secure water resources and combat climate threats. The General Directorate of Forestry, operating under the Agriculture and Forestry Ministry, increased the number of designated forests from …

October, 2026… Professor Dr. M. Levent Kurnaz, Director of the Boğaziçi University Centre for Climate Change and Policy Studies, authored the first article in the Economic Policies Research Foundation of Türkiye’s (TEPAV) special series dedicated to COP31. Known for his work on climate modeling and the impacts of climate change …

Press release… October, 2026… Dr. Yarkın Akyüz from the Ege University Faculty of Agriculture highlighted the impacts of the climate crisis on agriculture in the Aegean Region and issued warnings regarding food supply security and rising costs. IZMIR (Ege Agency) – As the effects of global climate change become increasingly …

September, 2026… TÜBİTAK will provide ‘green transition’ support not only for R&D projects designed to save energy and water in industry, reduce waste and accelerate the commercialisation of green technologies, but also for sustainable agriculture and smart transport projects. ANKARA… According to information obtained by an Anatolian Agency (AA) correspondent …

Press release… September, 2026… Frost, hail, drought: The climate crisis is reshaping the agricultural risk map Is the risk map of the past sufficient to protect agriculture in a changing climate? The impact of extreme weather events on agricultural production is steadily growing. In 2025, agricultural frost affected 16 crops …

September, 2026… A report titled “Water Policies for a Drier World”—prepared by the Water Policies Association (SPD) as part of its research report series—emphasizes that drought has ceased to be an isolated natural phenomenon and has instead become a structural “new normal” on a global scale; it further underscores that …

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 …