Climate Change and Environment

Dursun Yıldız, Chairperson of the Water Policies Association, warned about the droughts, water allocation crises and inter-basin water transfers across Turkey and emphasised that the current water management approach should be radically changed. Stating that Türkiye is under the influence of climate change, Dursun Yıldız said, “Water resources are distributed …

Türkiye’s northwestern Thracian region, known for its agricultural output of wheat and barley, faces the risk of its most severe drought in history if rain does not occur in the coming days, warns an expert. İbrahim Toruk “In the absence of rain for the next several days, we predict that wheat crops will fail …

Cocoa yields will be “destroyed” by 2030 without financial support and fairer markets, Ivory Coast farmers have warned. The West African nation is the world’s largest producer of cocoa, with farmers in the Bafing-Tonkpi region supplying chocolate to global markets, including the United Kingdom. But years of depressed prices have …

Türkiye faces increasing climate disasters, with frost, drought and temperature shifts threatening agriculture… This year, numerous disasters have occurred worldwide due to sudden temperature fluctuations. In Türkiye, unusually warm temperatures, exceeding seasonal norms from February to April, caused plants to bloom prematurely. Then, the subsequent sharp drop in temperatures negatively …

Professor Dr. Nuray Şahinler, Faculty Member of Uşak University Faculty of Agriculture, explained that climate change negatively affects beekeeping and sudden changes in air temperatures lead to losses in bee colonies. Dr. Nuray Şahinler She emphasised that the risk of death increases when bees that form winter clusters go out …

Türkiye has exported nearly 330 million dollars worth of apricots over the past five years, underscoring the importance of the fruit that has been among the most severely damaged by severe frost earlier this month. The cold snap not only devastated apricots, but also caused significant harm to peaches, apples, nectarines, as …

Press release… Agricultural Engineer and Smart Agriculture Practitioner Şükrü Cem Akçay drew attention to the effects of climate change on agricultural production and emphasised the importance of new drought-resistant production models and artificial intelligence-supported technologies. Akçay said, “Climate change is one of the biggest risks not only today but also …

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Press release… At the Carbon Neutral 10th Istanbul Carbon Summit held with high stakeholder participation, the Sustainable Production and Consumption Association awarded carbon management achievements. The Sustainable Production and Consumption Association (SÜT-D), with the main support of the Ministry of Environment, Urbanisation and Climate Change and Istanbul Technical University (ITU), …

Adverse weather conditions and sudden shifts in temperatures have negatively impacted agricultural production and crops in Türkiye, which officials described as one of the “biggest frost events” in the country’s recent history, while pledging to stand by producers. “In March and April, but especially in the last three-day period (April …