Climate Change and Environment

PRESS RELEASE… Local governments in Türkiye forge partnerships with civil society to solve urgent challenges… With UNDP and EU support, seven pilot provinces launch strategies and action plans to promote civic engagement… Ankara, 25 October 2024 – Alliances between local government and civil society are a winning combination for devising …

Türkiye is expected to see a record yield of table olives this year, with production estimated at 750,000 tonnes, despite challenges posed by the climate crisis. Dr. Mustafa Tan, head of the National Olive and Olive Oil Council (UZZK), stated that alongside the 750,000 tonnes of table olives, the country expects to produce 475,000 tonnes …

The year 2024 has been determined as the hottest year recorded in Türkiye since 1971 with an average temperature of 16.8 degrees Celsius. There were 900 extreme natural events in 8 months; among these events, the forest fire in Izmir province, heavy rainfall in Antalya province and lightning strikes in …

Press release… Samsun Ondokuz Mayıs University (OMU) Faculty of Agriculture Professor Dr. Yusuf Demir stated that there is a high possibility of not getting enough rainfall in the winter months. Dr. Yusuf Demir “We should take precautions against this situation. As the ‘El Nino’ weather event, which causes an increase …

Silvio Almeida’s coffee plantation sits at an ideal altitude on a Brazilian hillside, whose clay-rich soil does well at retaining moisture from rainfall and a nearby reservoir. Lately, though, water is scarce on Almeida’s modest farm in Caconde, a town in one of Sao Paulo state’s key growing regions. He can’t get …

Professor Dr. Sinan Mavruk, Faculty Member of Çukurova University Faculty of Fisheries, unveiled that fish species decreased due to global warming and aquaculture came to the fore in fisheries. Professor Dr. Sinan Mavruk, Faculty Member of Çukurova University Faculty of Fisheries, Department of Marine Biology, stated that global warming and …

Dr Erol Kesici, Scientific Advisor of the Association for the Protection of Nature of Türkiye (TTKD), unveiled that 186 of the 240 lakes in the country have completely dried up in the last 60 years and that the remaining ones are in danger of drought and excessive pollution. Dr. Erol …

‘Climate change is intensifying the impacts of pollution in the Black Sea,’ says World Bank official… The World Bank on Friday approved a grant of 6.39 million dollars for a project to reduce pollution in the Black Sea. A statement by the bank said that the Black Sea became one …

Ege (Aegean) University (EÜ) Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition Lecturer Professor Dr. Yusuf Kurucu stated that due to climate change, salinity in the soil has increased day by day, especially since 2010 and this has negatively affected agriculture. Dr. Kurucu said, “Türkiye needs to switch …

Temperature-related extreme events will only become more intense if action not taken, warns deputy director of Copernicus… The summer of 2024 has set new temperature benchmarks globally, according to data from the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) released Thursday. Global average temperatures for June to August reached 0.69C above the …