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ment, strategies for climate change mitigation and adaptation sectors as well as finance, tech-
nology, carbon pricing, just transition and sustainable development objectives are put forward.
Building on the NDC and CCMAP, long-term strategies that Türkiye should put into practice to
achieve the 2053 Net Zero Emission Target are determined together with the public, private se-
ctor, academia and non-governmental organizations. The LTS document is planned to be finali-
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zed and submitted before the 29 Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC.
On the other hand, the “Capacity Building Activities for the Implementation of Türkiye’s Long
Term Climate Strategy (LTS) Project (2050 Pathways)”, which started in 2024, aims to provide
capacity building trainings for the implementation of LTS and net zero target. With the project, it
is planned to provide trainings to the relevant stakeholders under each sector in line with their
needs in line with the stakeholder profile.

CLIMATE LAW
In order to transfer international conventions to our domestic law, to establish the Directorate
of Climate Change and most importantly, to put the fight against climate change on a legal basis
as soon as possible, the Climate Law, which is the first and only By-law of Türkiye in this field, is
being prepared.

With the Law, it is aimed to determine the responsibilities and obligations of all public institu-
tions and organizations and real and legal persons in cooperation regarding climate change,
which we face regardless of any discrimination such as geographical area or sector, and in or-
der to achieve the Net Zero Emission target, public institutions and organizations are given the
responsibility to develop, adapt and implement planning and implementation tools within the
framework of greenhouse gas emission mitigation and climate change adaptation activities. On
the other hand, it is aimed to make By-laws regarding the Emission Trading System (ETS), which
will be newly implemented in Türkiye, to make it compulsory for the enterprises within the sco-
pe to obtain greenhouse gas emission permits, and to make By-laws regarding sanctions and
supervision in the fight against climate change.

In summary, with the draft Climate Law, the work on which started in coordination with all rele-
vant institutions and organizations as of 2021 and reached the final stage, it is aimed to establish
the legal basis of greenhouse gas emission mitigation and climate change adaptation activities,
planning and implementation tools and institutional framework in order to develop the legal
infrastructure of Türkiye in terms of combating climate change in line with green development
and 2053 Net Zero Emission target.

CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION STRATEGY AND ACTION PLAN 2024-2030

Within the scope of the decision of Türkiye’s first Climate Council held between 21-25 February
2022, “Adaptation actions of sectors at national, regional and local scales should be determined,
implemented and monitored by conducting climate change impact, vulnerability and risk
analyses.”, the preparation of the Climate Change Adaptation Strategy and Action Plan for 2030
has started.

In this context, within the scope of the “Strengthening Action to Adapt to Climate Change in
Türkiye Project” (IPA-II) financed by the European Union and the Republic of Türkiye and imp-
lemented by the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change and the United
Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for the preparation of the National Climate Change
Adaptation Strategy and Action Plan for 2024-2030, The National Climate Change Adaptation
Strategy and Action Plan 2024-2030, which sets out strategies and actions for the year 2030,

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