Climate Change and Air Management Coordination Board (Turkey)

The Climate Change and Air Management Coordination Board (Turkish: İklim Değişikliği ve Hava Yönetimi Koordinasyon Kurulu) is a government agency of the Republic of Turkey, responsible for coordinating policy against air pollution in Turkey and climate change in Turkey; board meetings are chaired by the Minister of Environment and Urban Planning.[1]

Climate Change and Air Management Coordination Board
İklim Değişikliği ve Hava Yönetimi Koordinasyon Kurulu
Agency overview
JurisdictionGovernment of Turkey
HeadquartersAnkara
Websiteiklim.csb.gov.tr/teskilat-yapisi-i-4368

Climate change

In 2018 a report outlining carbon market policy options for Turkey was submitted to the board.[2]

Criticism

As of 2019 the Health Ministry is not actively involved in the permitting of industrial facilities, such as coal-fired power stations, which cause deaths due to air pollution.[3]

Despite the Energy Ministry being represented on the board, in 2018 the European Commission criticised the lack of co-ordination between the climate change policy and energy policy of Turkey.[4] As of February 2019 energy policy still included mining more coal[5] and subsidizing coal-fired power stations.[6] However according to an April 2019 article in Daily Sabah, a government supporting newspaper, Turkey is "turning its back on coal power".[7]

References
  1. "İKLİM DEĞİŞİKLİĞİ VE HAVA YÖNETİMİ KOORDİNASYON KURULU ÇALIŞMA USUL VE ESASLARI HAKKINDA YÖNERGE" (PDF). Ministry of Environment and Urban Planning (Turkey). Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  2. "Turkey". International Carbon Action Partnership. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  3. Hava Kirliliği ve Sağlık Etkileri KARA RAPOR (PDF). 11 May 2019. p. 56. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  4. Turkey 2018 Report p92, European Commission, 17 April 2018
  5. "Coal". Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources (Turkey). Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  6. "TEAİŞ, 2019 Yılı Şubat Ayı Kapasite Mekanizması Ödeme Listesini Açıkladı". Enerji Portalı. 1 April 2019.
  7. "Turkey's greenhouse gas emissions hit over 526 million tons". Daily Sabah. 12 April 2019.


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