Turkey
Climate Change Strategy 2010-2020
Executive
Strategy
Passed in 2010
The Strategy puts forth a set of policies to address those in the short-, medium-, and long term for reduction of emissions from the following sectors: energy, industry, transport, waste, LULUCF.
It calls for increasing of energy efficiency and use of renewable energy, gradually moving to low- and zero-carbon emissions and the reduction of energy intensity by 2020 to 2004 levels, 30% share of renewables in electricity by 2023, and a reduction of 7% of emissions from electricity by 2020 against a BAU scenario.
The strategy also addresses the need to develop policy on climate change adaptation.
The Strategy further lays out a way forward for technology development and transfer, institutional infrastructure building and monitoring.
Documents
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600 MW of geothermal electricity generation capacity by 2023
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20,000 MW of wind electricity generation capacity by 2023
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30% share of renewable energy in total electricity generation by 2023
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Full utilisation of technical and economic hydroelectric potential by 2023
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76% of municipal waste to be disposed at 104 new sanitary landfill facilities by 2012
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2.3 million hectares of land to be afforested and rehabilitated by 2012 against a 2008 baseline
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181.4 million tonnes of carbon to be absorbed by forest areas in addition to carbon absorbed by existing sinks by 2020 against a 2008 baseline
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7% less GHG emissions than under the Reference Scenario by 2020
from the Grantham Research Institute
from the Grantham Research Institute
