Turkey’s 2021 wildfires were a warning. Some lessons were noted, others not Published: 17 April 2024 Article Across the Mediterranean region, rising temperatures and shifting rain patterns are exacerbating wildfire risks. The 2021 blazes represent a warning for Turkey, which was unequipped and understaffed to quickly bring the fires under control. By Gonca Tokyol
Natural gas and geopolitics in the Eastern Mediterranean Published: 7 September 2020 Analysis One can ask whether natural resources can facilitate peace and stability in the Mediterranean once the initial political barriers are lowered and region-wide resource development takes off. This article first surveys the energy landscape of the Mediterranean focusing on the factors affecting the pace of resource development. The analysis then zeroes in on Turkey and its regional strategy. By Tolga Demiryol
Turkey’s coal dependency triggers creative protest in Eskişehir Published: 19 January 2018 As the deadline for the pre-tender for a coal-fired thermal power plant in Eskişehir is approaching, public resistance is rising and has become the most artistic form of protest Turkey has seen in a long time.
A difficult relationship – Turkey’s climate policy at this year’s climate summit in Bonn Published: 8 December 2017 3 Minutes Turkey The reason why Turkey is not among those developing countries eligible for climate finance is the appendix system which was adopted by UNFCCC at 1992 and the system is ended with Paris Agreement. But under this appendix system Turkey as an OECD country was considered as developing country which has many duties on to contribute funding of technology and capacity building to under develop countries.
Nuclear perception management from Akkuyu to İğneada Published: 8 January 2016 It is not a hard business for a politician to put up new carpets under which things can be swept. In fact, one of the other oldest hoaxes of the business of politics is to fabricate cover-ups with all shapes and size for all issues and to do this without even caring whether all these contradict each other or not.This is what has recently happened in the case of İğneada. Or should we say the Akkuyu question? By Filiz Yavuz
Nuclear energy: A violation of human rights Published: 13 May 2015 Energy investments, especially nuclear energy investments, are not based on needs but political decisions. No one asks the populace what they think during the decision-making phase or in implementation process. Governments in Turkey know that if they did, the answer would probably be not one they would want to hear. By Filiz Yavuz
Shale gas in Turkey: An Equation with multiple variables Published: 26 March 2015 As fossil fuel resources on earth (oil, coal and gas) are restricted in general but intensified in certain geographies, countries whose energy politics depend on these resources frequently complain about foreign-source dependency. Turkey is also dependent on foreign resources for 73% of its fossil fuels1 and its energy imports are estimated to be at the level of 56 billion dollars by the end of 2014.2 By Özgür Gürbüz
5th. Green Economy Conference-Shale Gas Published: 21 October 2014 The fifth Green Economy Conference of the Heinrich Böll Stiftung Foundation opens to discussion the shale gas phenomenon in the energy sector with its social dimensions. 5th.
The World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2014 Published: 25 August 2014 Over the past years, the World Nuclear Industry Status Report has made a name for itself as an independent and accurate reference point to researchers and media the world over. The report's success is due to its truly factual and empirical analysis of the global nuclear industry.
GREEN ECONOMY AND COMMONS Published: 16 June 2014 Heinrich Böll Stiftung brings Green Economy and Commons issue up for discussion. We will start by trying to answer the question of “what the commons are” and search for the solutions to the problem of sharing and governing our commons in all spheres; from cultural and environmental values to food, from water to air and knowledge. We will discuss the role of commons in the Green Economy as well.