ecology

Yet while wildfires command headlines every summer, putting out the flames is only the start for affected farming communities, who say the lack of promised state support is hampering their long road to recovery.

Rising luxury yacht traffic and related industries are fast degrading the native Mediterranean flora and fauna, threatening not just the local environment but also the booming tourism sector based on its natural beauty.

Apart from the farmers’ market on Fridays, Beylikova with 6,000 residents draws little attention from outsiders beyond the occasional glance from a train passenger. However, beneath the soil lies the fuel for a 21st-century geopolitical rivalry, placing this region on the front lines of the US-China race for resources.

The European Commission suggests a new electrification target, doubling the share of electrons in the EU final energy consumption by the year 2040. Can it energise a common EU energy policy again to prevent fossil fuel price hikes and combat the climate crisis?

Article 6 is emerging as the institutional hub of international carbon markets. While financing and adaptation issues remain stalled, registries, standards, and digital infrastructures are growing rapidly. This development could entrench power dynamics.

After COP28 finally acknowledged the need to transition away from fossil fuels, Santa Marta tried to turn that promise into something more concrete. Journalist Seden Anlar explores whether its phaseout momentum can survive the road to COP31 and the forums where fossil-fuelled power still shapes the rules.

After China banned plastic garbage imports in 2018, Turkey became the leading destination for Europe’s plastic waste, pitching itself as a frontrunner in responsible waste management. In 2025, it collected a record high of 503,000 tons of the European Union’s plastic, and this figure is expected to grow with an upcoming revamp of the bloc’s waste regulations in November.

More than a decade after its launch, the Paks II investment is still in an early, uncertain stage, despite the fact that construction has formally begun.

Drive out of any city in Turkey, and you will soon encounter whole chunks of the landscape missing. Hilltops, ravines and gorges are violently carved away for their limestone, marble and gravel to fuel the country’s construction sector. Elsewhere, some of Anatolia’s most iconic natural areas have turned into toxic open pits to extract high-demand gold and rare earths.

Europe’s agriculture depends on fossil-based fertilisers, making it vulnerable to price and supply shocks. While CBAM dominates the debate, wars, markets and political inaction drive prices. How can the EU finally build a more resilient and sovereign food system?

As climate change deepens existing inequalities and fuels instability, gender‑responsive climate finance is emerging as a strategic tool at the heart of Green Foreign & Security Policy narrative. Centering women and other vulnerable or marginalized groups turns climate action into a driver of resilience, justice, and sustainable peace.

Controversial financing instruments have gained importance in biodiversity conservation efforts since the Global Biodiversity Framework was adopted in 2022. But turning nature into an investment object will not stop the biodiversity crisis.

The Brazilian Presidency had promised that COP30 in Belém would be the “COP of truth” and “COP of implementation”, held in the spirit of Mutirão with the global community working together to face the climate emergency. It faced a reckoning instead.

The G20 Summit and COP30 converged at a time of exceptional strain on the multilateral system. As geopolitical divides widened, coalitions of the willing nonetheless succeeded in keeping especially debt sustainability on the international agenda.

En la COP30 se ha librado una tensa discusión sobre si establecer un nuevo arreglo institucional para implementar transiciones justas. Las salas de negociación sobre el tema son una buena muestra de la presión que existe por decidir dejar atrás a los combustibles fósiles.

Agroecology in Turkey is more than a set of farming techniques; it is a battleground of ideas. Competing narratives are shaping who controls food systems, how communities thrive, and what the countryside will look like tomorrow.

Europe stands at a crossroads. Should it build its trade relations on fundamental values such as human rights, environmental sustainability, and labor rights—or align them with geopolitical interests? In our recent panel held in Berlin, we discussed the role of supply chains in German-Turkish relations.

Knowledge about how to farm is never static, it shifts with changing realities. In the Anatolian village of Karagömlek, rural depopulation and industrial inputs reshape local farming. This article explores, why Agroecology offers a critical perspective for the future.

The system involved an estimated 500,000 waste collectors nationwide and accounted for about 80 percent of the country’s recycling in 2022. That year, the Turkish government also launched an initiative to regulate this work, though with limited success due to its strict requirements.

In terms of both population distribution and water resources, İstanbul is divided between eastern and western water basins, or Asian and European districts, the latter of which faces several challenges in distributing water resources.