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EU institutions have agreed on a climate law that makes tackling the climate crisis legally binding and aims to reduce member states ' greenhouse gas emissions by 55 percent by 2030. Turkey's score in the Climate Change Performance Index was determined as "very poor", while European Union expert Prof. Dr. “EU relations play a decisive role in our country's 2050 vision of the climate crisis,” said Ayşegül Akbay.

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İSTANBUL (TR) - For the sustainability of nature, the whole world is competing against time. Concrete practices are expected to accelerate, especially in the fight against the climate crisis, and an important step has come from the institutions of the European Union (EU). The EU Commission, the European Parliament and the Council of the EU have reached an agreement on a climate law designed to prevent climate change. In this context, it is aimed that member states reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by 55 percent by 2030, while this goal will also be legally binding. Ankara private Viromed laboratories responsible Director and European Union expert Prof. Dr. Ayşegül Akbay mentioned Turkey's climate change report card, stating that the current picture is an important beginning for the world's recovery process.

Akbay said, " according to the Climate Change Performance Index 2021, which assesses the performance of the EU and 57 countries, including Turkey, our country's score in the categories of ‘greenhouse gas emissions’ and ‘energy use’ is poor. The score given by climate experts for ‘Climate Policy’ performance is very poor. While EU institutions agree on the Climate Law, Turkey's performance rating should not remain weak. It should be able to benefit from the transfer of funds and technology to countries to transition to a green economy, which is key to combating global climate change,” Yesil said. 

"EU relations play a decisive role in Turkey's 2050 vision” 

He also noted that Turkey should take more concrete steps towards its carbon emission reduction goals. Dr. Ayşegül Akbay, " Climate Solutions prepared by WWF-Turkey: 2050 Turkey vision set out in the realistic growth forecast based on the scenario, our country is projected to reduce carbon emissions by 23 percent in 2030. It is of great importance that the fund that industrialized countries that cause climate change will provide to less responsible and developing countries, such as Turkey, is used for the effective implementation of the National Climate Change Adaptation Strategy. In this context, the carbon emissions by 2050, compared to 1990 will be made to an 80 percent reduction for developed countries to take concrete steps to pressure the EU to achieve these goals in the present circumstances where negotiations have been suspended Turkey's harder to say. In other words, EU relations play a decisive role in Turkey's 2050 vision of the climate crisis,” he said. 

"Steps must be taken to restart EU negotiations”

Prof. Dr. Akbay also stressed that EU membership will bring many opportunities that will further strengthen Turkey in the international arena: “Turkey had a task such as designing the transition process to a low-carbon economy within the framework of the status of a candidate country for the European Union and the special conditions of an undefined country. If Turkey were a member of the EU today, it could carry both its performance in the field of greenhouse gas emissions and energy use and its effectiveness in the fight against the global climate crisis to exemplary levels. He could also have more say in pushing developed countries under his 2050 vision. Especially when we consider the Coronavirus outbreak that has been going on for more than a year and the need for the whole world to be united, it is necessary to review our country's stalled accession process and take steps to restart EU negotiations.”