Climate change in Turkey

Droughts and heatwaves are the main hazards due to the climate of Turkey getting hotter.[4][5] The temperature has risen by more than 1.5 °C (2.7 °F),[6][2] exceeding 50 °C (122 °F) in 2025,[7] and there is more extreme weather.[8]

Current greenhouse gas emissions are over 1% of the global total,[9] and energy policy includes subsidizing both fossil gas[10] and coal.[11] Annual per person emissions since the late-2010s have varied around six and a half tonnes,[12] which is about the global average.[13] However historical emissions are less than 1% of the global total.[14]

The Directorate of Climate Change co-ordinates adaptation to climate change, which has been planned for water resources by river basin, and for agriculture. Climate change was recently added to school education.[15] An emission trading system is part of a climate law,[16]but the law has been criticised for omitting coal phase-out.[17]

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  9. ^ "Each Country's Share of CO2 Emissions". Union of Concerned Scientists. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  10. ^ Ergur, Semih (12 May 2023). "Turkey Spent Over $200,000,000 in Fossil Fuel Subsidies in 2022". Climate Scorecard. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  11. ^ "Fossil Fuel Support - TUR". stats.oecd.org. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  12. ^ "Greenhouse Gas Emissions Statistics, 1990-2021". Turkish Statistical Institute. 29 March 2023.
  13. ^ "Per capita greenhouse gas emissions". Our World in Data. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  14. ^ "2053 yılı itibarıyla net sıfır emisyon hedefini gerçekleştirmeyi öngörüyoruz". Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Cumhurbaşkanlıği. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
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  16. ^ "Turkey passes climate law amid opposition criticism". BIA. 4 July 2025.
  17. ^ Levi, Selin; Ayhan, Sinem; Baysal, Başar (March 2024). Strengthening Türkiye's Climate Change Legislation: A Comparative Examination With Germany's Federal Climate Change Act (PDF) (Report). IPC-Mercator Analysis.
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