Climate Change Mitigation – The Paris Agreement, Turkey's Ambiguous Position, And Need For Policy Change In Various Areas

Climate change related to global warming is a reality documented by scientific evidence and accepted by the international community. The Paris Agreement has been the recent international cooperation against climate change. 196 countries around the globe, including Turkey, have signed the Agreement, which requires both an immediate climate policy action and a transformation of the existing public policies in various areas.

In this short article, first, we will highlight the Paris Agreement and Turkey's situation. We then will elaborate on the possible climate policy actions and the need for the transformation in many public policies.

The Paris Agreement and its framework

Global warming is the result of greenhouse gases (GHG) released into the atmosphere, mainly due to fossil-fuel-based energy generation, industrial processes, and agricultural activities. International efforts to mitigate global warming started in 1992 via adopting the United Nations