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Türkiye-UNEP relations are carried out smoothly. The Group of 20 Countries (G-20) was establis-
hed to ensure greater representation of major developed countries and emerging economies in
global economic decision-making processes in the international system and to provide a more
stable structure to the international financial system. The G-20 is a platform formed by the par-
ticipation of 19 countries, the European Union and the African Union. It is one of the most impor-
tant platforms focusing on international cooperation, economy and finance.

Türkiye supports the inclusion of issues such as development, trade, energy, climate change,
food security, poverty and the fight against corruption, which are closely linked to the global
economy, in the G-20 agenda. MoEUCC represents Türkiye on international platforms by par-
ticipating in meetings, workshops and activities held abroad on the environment and climate
change.

H.3.2.International Environmental Conventions, Agreements, Protocols to Which We
are a Party
Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution and EMEP Protocol

The United Nations (UN) Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (UNSCAP)
entered into force on 13.11.1979 and Türkiye became a party to the convention on 18/04/1983.
There are 51 countries party to the convention and its secretariat is carried out by the United
Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE).
The convention has 8 protocols, and the only protocol to which Türkiye became a party on
20.12.1985 is the Long-Term Financing of the Cooperative Programme for Monitoring and Evalu-
ation of Long-Range Transport of Air Pollutants in Europe (EMEP) Protocol.

Within the scope of EMEP Protocol, annual air pollutant emission inventory reporting has been
carried out by MoEUCC since 2012. Within the scope of the guide prepared by EMEP/European
Environment Agency, emission totals for selected air pollutants are calculated in kilotons (ktons)
as PM10, PM2,5, NOx, SO , NMVOC, NH , CO, selected heavy metals within the scope of the gui-
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de prepared by EMEP/European Environment Agency. Our reporting was deemed worthy of an
award by the Emission Inventory and Projections Task Force (TFEIP) in 2013 and 2015.

Under the abovementioned Convention and Protocol, each year the “National Air Pollutant
Emissions Inventory” report is submitted to the UN Secretariat and the European Environment
Agency. Since 2016, the emission calculations for indirect greenhouse gases—classified among
the air pollutants reported by the Ministry of Environment and Urbanization—have been used
in the greenhouse gas reporting coordinated by TÜİK in compliance with the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change.

The emission inventory reported each year is also used as an estimation tool in the annual,
monthly and daily air quality concentrations of the countries. With air quality modeling, the
emission inventory calculated as this estimate can be visualized based on the country’s sectoral
activity data and the photochemical reactions and the results of these reactions can be visuali-
zed according to numerical values together with meteorological conditions. Thus, technical and
scientific studies that will allow for certain improvements when necessary can be carried out
and the need for legislation can be revealed.

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