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In addition, Water Efficiency Campaign was launched in January 2023 under the coordination of
the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry in order to increase the adaptation capacity of Türkiye’s
water resources to the impacts of climate change. Within the scope of the Campaign, firstly, the
Water Efficiency Strategy Document and Action Plan (2023-2033), which is the road map of the
Campaign, was published and action plans were established to increase urban, agricultural, in-
dustrial and individual water use efficiency. Within the scope of these action plans, a total of 114
actions and the institutions/organizations responsible for each action have been determined. In
this framework, efforts are underway to disseminate water efficiency practices and raise aware-
ness on climate change and effective use of our water resources.

Within the scope of the IPAIII Programme, the “Project on Assessment of the Impacts on Pilot
Lakes, Wetlands and Coasts in Türkiye”, which is planned to start in 2024, aims to determine the
possible effects of the sea rise expected to occur as a result of climate change on coastal areas in
Türkiye, to examine the effects of climate change on pilot lakes and wetlands in Türkiye and to
develop strategies against these risks. In addition, with the “Climate Change Impacts on Water
Resources Phase II Project”, which will start in 2024, analyses of the impact of climate change
on water resources will be updated by using more and improved climate models, up-to-date
data sets and scenarios made available through the IPCC Coupled Model Intercomparison Proje-
ct Phase 6 (CMIP-6) in order to combat climate change more effectively.

Within the scope of the project titled “The Effect of Climate Change on Fisheries Stocks and
Determination of the Distribution Areas of Invasive Species in Our Seas”, which was initiated in
2022 with the support of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MoAF), General Directorate of
Agricultural Research and Policies (TAGEM), the effect of climate change on the seas of Türkiye
is monitored.

National Action Plans have been prepared for combating Climate Change, including sectoral im-
pacts. The main ones are as follows;

y National Climate Change Action Plan (2011-2023)- Agriculture and Food Security in Mitiga-
tion and Adaptation;

y Türkiye’s Climate Change Adaptation Strategy and Action Plan (2011-2023);

y MoAF Strategy and Action Plan (2019-2023)-Climate Change and Combating Erosion.

In the Strategy and Action Plan of the MoAF (2019-2023), it is defined as carrying out services
related to global climate changes, agricultural environment, drought, desertification, other agri-
cultural disasters and agricultural insurance, and providing assistance to farmers damaged by
natural disasters within the framework of the principles set out in special legislation. In the Stra-
tegy Plan, under the title of R&D, the subjects of measuring the possible effects of climate change
on agricultural systems and developing proposals for taking measures are defined.
After the drought experienced in Türkiye in 2007, “Türkiye Agricultural Drought Fighting Strategy
and Action Plan” was put into practice by MoAF on drought, which is one of the most important
indicators of climate change.

The action plan was first put into practice in 2008-2012 and has been updated three times for
the years 2013-2017, 2018-2022 and 2023-2027. Agricultural drought action plan aims to solve
the problems that will occur due to drought in agriculture with the participation of all instituti-

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