Turkey
Climate Change Action Plan 2011-2023
Executive
Plan
Adaptation Framework
Mitigation Framework
Passed in 2011
Overall the plan involves providing climate-friendly goals that underpin Turkey's growth. These include: strengthening the existing information structure on low carbon progress, and developing financing models for the transition to a low carbon economy. This is with the aim of improving the fiscal and technical infrastructure to enable the limitation of GHG emissions Some details of the extensive Plan are highlighted below:
Energy
The plan includes a number of measurable goals regarding energy supply, efficiency standards in Buildings buildings, and incentivising renewables. For example:
- Reducing primary energy intensity by 10% compared to 2008 by 2015
Limiting GHG emissions from coal-fired electricity production, by using cleaner technologies and taking efficiency-increasing measures by increasing the average cycle efficiencies of existing coal-fired thermal power plants until 2023
- Issuing 'Energy Performance Certificates' to all buildings until 2017
- Decreasing annual energy consumption in the buildings and premises of public institutions by 10% until 2015 and by 20% until 2023
- At least 20% of the annual energy demand of new buildings will be met via renewable energy resources as of 2017
- Reducing GHG emissions in new settlements by at least 10% in comparison with existing settlements (which are selected as pilot regions and the GHG emissions of which are identified until 2015) until 2023.
Forestry
- Increase forest carbon sequestration by 15% of 2007 value until 2020 ( 14,500 Gg by 2007, 16,700 Gg by 2020)
- Reduce deforestation and forest damage by 20% compared to 2007 values by 2020
Land use change
- Integrate climate change in land use and land use changes management strategies by 2015
- Increase the amount of sequestered carbon in agricultural forestry activities by 10% by 2020 compared to 2007 values
- Quantify the carbon stored in pastures and meadows in 2012. Increase this by 3% by 2020
Transport
The plan aims to ensure the balanced use of types of passenger and freight transport, specifically:
- Increasing the share of railroads in freight transport from 5% in 2009 to 15%, and in passenger transport from 2% in 2009 to 10% by 2023
- Increasing by 2023, the share of seaways in freight transport from 2.66% of tonne/km in 2009 to 10%, and in passenger transport from 0.37% in passenger/km in 2009 to 4%,
- Decreasing by 2023 the share of highways in freight transport from 80.63% of tonne/km in 2009 to below 60%, and in passenger transport from 89.59% in passenger/km in 2009 to 72%
- Developing the necessary legislation, institutional structure and guidance documents until the end of 2023 for implementation of sustainable transport planning in cities
- Dissemination of the use of alternative fuels and clean vehicle technologies in the transport sector by making legal arrangements and building capacity to increase use of alternative fuels and clean vehicles until 2023
- Increasing efficiency in energy consumption of transport sector by limiting energy consumption in transport until 2023.
Adaptation objectives:
- Integrating adaptation to the impacts of climate change into water resource management policies
- Strengthening water resources management capacity, interagency cooperation and coordination with regard to adaptation to climate change
- Develop and expand R&D and scientific studies to ensure adaptation to the impacts of climate change in water resources management
- Integrated management of water resources and water basins for adaptation to climate change
- Planning renewable energy resources taking into consideration the impacts of climate change and the sustainability of the ecosystem services oriented to increase resilience to climate change
Documents
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Increase the amount of sequestered carbon as a result of agricultural forestry activities by 10% by 2020 against a 2007 baseline
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Reduce nationwide electricity distribution losses to 8% by 2023 by 2023
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Decrease annual energy consumption in the buildings and premises of public institutions by 10% until 2015 and by 20% until 2023 by 2023
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Reduce primary energy intensity by 10% compared to 2008 by 2015 against a 2008 baseline
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Reduce deforestation and forest damage by 20% by 2020 against a 2007 baseline
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Identify the amount of sequestered carbon in pastures and meadows in 2012, and increase carbon stock 3% by 2020 against a 2012 baseline
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Identify the existing carbon stock in wetlands in 2012, and maintain the level until 2020
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Increase the amount of carbon sequestered in forests by 15% of the 2007 value by 2020 (14,500 Gg in 2007, 16,700 Gg in 2020) by 2020 against a 2007 baseline
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Identify the quantity of carbon stored in settlement areas in 2012, and increase stored carbon 3% by 2020 through green planting by 2020 against a 2012 baseline
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Reduce the quantity of biodegradable wastes admitted to landfill sites by 75% in weight until 2015, by 50% until 2018 and by 35% until 2025 against a 2005 baseline
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Reduce greenhouse gas emissions in new settlements by at least 10% per settlement in comparison to existing settlements by 2023
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Dispose 100% of municipal wastes in new integrated solid waste disposal facilities by 2023
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At least 20% of the annual energy demand of new buildings met via renewable energy resources by 2017
from the Grantham Research Institute
from the Grantham Research Institute
