EU – Turkey Climate Policy Dialogue

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The “EU – Turkey Climate Policy Dialogue” project, funded within the scope of the Civil Society Dialogue (CSD-VI) Grant Program between the EU and Turkey and in which the Climate Research Association is co-beneficiary, is carried out by the European Roundtable on Climate Change and Sustainable Transition (ERCST).

The overall aim of the project is to establish a sustainable dialogue between Turkey and European Union CSOs, private actors and public institutions on better articulation of climate change policy and, in general, the development of climate policy between the EU and Turkey. Our project mainly aims to align Turkey’s climate policies with the EU and to develop a holistic policy vision for this.

Project activities to be carried out within this framework will focus on some basic EU climate policies and their effects for Turkey, while helping CSOs (and sectors) to structure their strategies and action plans on the subject in line with clear targets and recommendations.

As a result of the activities and project outputs that will last for 15 months, the expected gains in the long term are summarized below:

The headline EU Climate Change Policy developments under the European Green Deal that are most relevant for Turkey will be determined, described and their potential impacts on Turkey will be assessed. The project will also assess how they compare with Turkey’s climate policy developments.
A sustainable dialogue between CSOs in Turkey and EU on climate change policy will have been established.
A concrete vision on how to improve the articulation between the EU’s and Turkey’s climate change policy will be developed with, and provided to, Turkish CSOs.
The Turkish CSOs knowledge on the EU’s climate change policy developments under the European Green Deal will be expanded.
The Turkish CSOs communication activities related to climate change policy will have been strengthened.

For more detailed information about the project, you can visit http://www.climatepolicydialogue.com/.