Climate Change and Environment

In the new hazelnut export season 2021/2022, which started on September 1, 2021; hazelnut exports from Trabzon province reached 21,355 tonnes, with a foreign exchange inflow of 143 million 780 thousand 544 dollars in the last two months. Mehmet Cirav, Chairperson of the Hazelnut and Products Sector Committee of the …

Press release… More than 100 leaders will commit to halt and reverse forest loss and land degradation by 2030… Leaders representing over 85% of the world’s forests will commit to halt and reverse deforestation and land degradation by 2030 at COP26 today£8.75 billion ($12bn) of public funds will be committed …

Germany plans to lower emissions from land use by 25M tons by 2030… GLASGOW, Scotland Twenty-six nations on Saturday made new pledges to alter their agricultural policies to become more sustainable and less polluting, and to invest in research needed for sustainable agriculture and protecting food supplies against climate change. …

In 2019, Turkey declared Nov. 11 as National Forestation Day. People everywhere, from President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to primary school students took to empty lots to plant saplings. Two years on, planting has gained newfound importance in the aftermath of this summer’s devastating wildfires. Bekir Karacabey After months of preparations, authorities …

From Death Valley to the Middle East, the Indian subcontinent to sub-Saharan Africa, global warming has already made daily life unbearable for millions of people. And if nothing is done to slow climate change, the record temperatures and deadly heatwaves it brings will only get worse, experts warn. Death Valley “Climate (change) …

More than 100 global leaders pledged late on Monday to halt and reverse deforestation and land degradation by the end of the decade, underpinned by $19 billion in public and private funds to invest in protecting and restoring forests. The joint statement at the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow was backed …

Press release… Within the scope of the “16. International Ayvalık Olive Harvest Festival”, a panel regarding “The Impact of Climate Change on Olives” was held in Çamoba village of Ayvalık district in Balıkesir province. The event, directed by TEMA (The Turkish Foundation for Combating Soil Erosion) Ayvalık District Officer Haluk …

Keeping 1.5°C within reach requires meaningful and effective actions, leaders say in final communique… Leaders of the world’s 20 richest nations on Sunday reiterated their commitment to the 2015 Paris Agreement’s goal of limiting the global average temperature to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. According to a communique after the summit …

From 31 October, world leaders, experts, and climate activists from across the world will gather in Glasgow, Scotland for COP26, the biggest climate conference since the Paris Accords. IFAD will be there, calling for greater investments in climate adaptation – and we will be giving the floor to rural small-scale producers …