Paris climate accords to take effect in Turkey next week
Turkey was relatively late to implement the global climate agreement, but President Erdogan felt compelled to do so following severe wildfires and floods this year.
Turkey will implement the Paris Climate Accords next week, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan decreed today.
The accords were ratified in 2015, with most countries in the world signing on. The accords aim to limit rises in global temperatures. The agreement will come into effect in Turkey on Nov. 10. As such, the country has agreed to a target of net-zero carbon emissions by 2053, the official Anadolu Agency reported.
Turkey is relatively late to implement the accords domestically. Turkey originally objected to its designation as a “developed economy” in the accords. The country sought a developing country status that would entitle it to international funding for emission reduction efforts. However, Turkey suffered from severe forest fires and floods this past summer. Motivated by these environmental concerns, Erdogan declared in September that Turkey would ratify the agreement.
The Turkish parliament approved the Paris Climate Accords in October, according to Anadolu.
