Climate Change and Environment

Press release… In a webinar organized by the Aegean Exporters’ Associations (EİB), Birol Celep, Chairman of the Aegean Dried Fruit and Products Exporters’ Association, Cengiz Balık, Vice Chairman of the Aegean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters’ Association, Serpil Ürek, Group Manager of Migros Ticaret A.Ş. Product Safety and Environmental Management …

According to the UN Environment Program (UNEP) Food Waste Index Report, 17 percent of the food produced is wasted globally! According to the report, which reveals that food waste is a global problem, not only in developed countries, approximately 931 million tons of food sold to households, retailers, restaurants and …

According to the UN Environment Program (UNEP) Food Waste Index Report, approximately 931 million tons of food was wasted in 2019. Evaluating the report, which reveals that food waste is not only a problem for developed countries but also a global problem, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said, “Food waste …

Turkey has saved around 17 billion Turkish Liras ($2.2 billion) with the Zero Waste Project led by First Lady Emine Erdoğan, Turkish Environment and Urbanization Minister Murat Kurum has said. “We are taking firm steps toward our 2023 goals in line with the Zero Waste Project,” Kurum said on March 5 in a …

On 20 December 2013, at its 68th session, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) proclaimed 3 March – the day of signature of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) in 1973 – as UN World Wildlife Day to celebrate and raise awareness …

Çukurova University Engineering Faculty Head of Environmental Engineering Department Professor Dr. Zeynep Zaimoğlu said that the effects of climate change will be seen very quickly. Dr. Zaimoğlu said, “We could not get the rainfall needed for germination in wheat in Konya Plain this year, so wheat can no longer germinate …

Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation al-Sayed al-Quseir announced Saturday that a plan has been developed to reduce Egypt’s consumption of chemical pesticides and replace them with biopesticides. Quseir said that this reduction will reach 50 percent by 2030, adding that the plan aims to preserve public health and the …

Every year, on the 2nd of February, we celebrate World Wetlands Day (WWD) to raise global awareness about the high importance of wetlands for people and our planet. WWD is also an occasion to commemorate the signing of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands in the Iranian city of Ramsar in 1971. “Wetlands …

Poverty across the globe will be exacerbated by climate change, a Turkish academic said Friday. Nesrin Algan, a professor at the faculty of political sciences at Ankara University, in her online presentation on climate justice, said that problems caused by climate change affect the whole world both socially and economically. …

The Zero Waste project, launched in 2017 under the auspices of First Lady Emine Erdogan, brought 17 billion Turkish liras ($3.08 billion) to the Turkish economy from June 2017 to the end of 2020. The project aims to contain waste under sustainable development principles, leaving a clean and developed Turkey …