Climate Change and Air Management Coordination Board (Turkey)
The Climate Change and Air Management Coordination Board (Turkish: İklim Değişikliği ve Hava Yönetimi Koordinasyon Kurulu) is a government agency of the Republic of Turkey, responsible for coordinating policy against air pollution in Turkey and climate change in Turkey; board meetings are chaired by the Minister of Environment and Urban Planning.[1]
İklim Değişikliği ve Hava Yönetimi Koordinasyon Kurulu | |
Agency overview | |
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Jurisdiction | Government of Turkey |
Headquarters | Ankara |
Website | iklim |
Climate change
In 2018 a report outlining carbon market policy options for Turkey was submitted to the board.[2]
Criticism
As of 2019 the Health Ministry is not actively involved in the permitting of industrial facilities, such as coal-fired power stations, which cause deaths due to air pollution.[3]
Despite the Energy Ministry being represented on the board, in 2018 the European Commission criticised the lack of co-ordination between the climate change policy and energy policy of Turkey.[4] As of February 2019 energy policy still included mining more coal[5] and subsidizing coal-fired power stations.[6] However, according to an April 2019 article in Daily Sabah, a government supporting newspaper, Turkey is "turning its back on coal power".[7]
References
- "İkli̇m Deği̇şi̇kli̇ği̇ Ve Hava Yöneti̇mi̇ Koordi̇nasyon Kurulu Çalişma Usul Ve Esaslari Hakkinda Yönerge" (PDF). Ministry of Environment and Urban Planning (Turkey). Retrieved 22 April 2019.
- "Turkey". International Carbon Action Partnership. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
- Hava Kirliliği ve Sağlık Etkileri KARA RAPOR (PDF). 11 May 2019. p. 56. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- Turkey 2018 Report p92, European Commission, 17 April 2018
- "Coal". Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources (Turkey). Archived from the original on 17 September 2018. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
- "TEAİŞ, 2019 Yılı Şubat Ayı Kapasite Mekanizması Ödeme Listesini Açıkladı". Enerji Portalı. 1 April 2019.
- "Turkey's greenhouse gas emissions hit over 526 million tons". Daily Sabah. 12 April 2019.