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INTERNATIONAL REPORTING

8 National Communication and 5 Biennial Reports were prepared and submitted to the Sec-
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retariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Pursuant to
Article 12 of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the parties are obli-
ged to ensure the communication of the practices they have made within the scope of the Con-
vention. Accordingly, the parties communicate with other party countries and the secretariat by
preparing National Inventory Report, National Communication Report and Biennial Report. The
national inventory report is prepared and submitted every year in April under the responsibility
of TURKSTAT. The national communication is submitted to the secretariat every 4 years and the
biennial report is submitted to the secretariat every 2 years by the Directorate of Climate Chan-
ge. In this context, the 8 National Communication and the 5 Biennial Report were prepared
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and submitted to the Secretariat by the Directorate of Climate Change of the MoEUCC in 2023.
8 National Communication and 1 and 2 Biennial Transparency Reports were prepared and
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submitted to the GEF Secretariat and approved by the Secretariat (UNFCCC). In 2020, when the
Kyoto Protocol was replaced by the Paris Agreement, Article 13 of the Agreement established
the Enhanced Transparency Framework (ETF) and obliged all parties to prepare Biennial Trans-
parency Reports. Türkiye is also recognised as a developed country under the convention and
its obligation to prepare national communications continues. With the project, 9 National Com-
munications and 1 and 2 Biennial Transparency Reports will be prepared and submitted to
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the secretariat. In addition, important studies on issues such as adaptation, mitigation, national
contribution declaration will be carried out with the activities to be organised.

Studies on the Impact of Climate Change on Water Resources and Agriculture:
Within the scope of the studies to determine the effects of climate change on water resources,
which have been carried out by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry since 2011, with the pro-
jects “Impact of Climate Change on Water Resources” and “Determination of the Effect of Clima-
te Change on Snow Melts and Flows”, it has been determined how climate change will affect the
water potential in 25 basins until 2100, the effect of climate change on snow load and melts and
the changes that these melts will cause in river flows. In order to adapt to the identified impacts,
detailed analyses on rainwater harvesting, use of grey water and correct pricing of water were
carried out with the “Adaptation to Climate Change in Water Resources Project”.

The results of studies on the impacts of climate change on water resources and adaptation ac-
tivities are shared on the web address https://www.tarimorman.gov.tr/SYGM/Sayfalar/Detay.
aspx.SayfaId=110.

In addition, the Industrial Water Efficiency Project (2021-2023) was carried out according to NACE
Codes in order to increase the adaptation capacity of the industrial sector to climate change.
With the said project, industrial activities with high water consumption, especially in the food,
textile, chemical and basic metal industries, were analyzed and water efficiency assessment was
carried out at the scale of approximately 400 pilot plants based on 152 NACE codes. Within the
scope of the study, specific water use values of the facilities were determined, compared with
sectoral reference values, potential water recovery rates and wastewater reduction amounts
were determined. In addition, sectoral water efficiency guides were prepared for 152 NACE codes
by classifying the best available sectoral techniques in water efficiency and published on https://
www.suverimliligi.gov.tr/yayinlar.

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