TÜROB took part in the consultation meeting of the “Strengthening Climate Change Adaptation Action in Türkiye Project”...

Within the scope of the “Strengthening Climate Change Adaptation Action in Türkiye Project” – financed by the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change together with the European Union, and carried out by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) – the “National Climate Change Adaptation Strategy and Action Plan Consultation Meeting” was held in Ankara on Thursday, 22 September 2022. The meeting, attended on behalf of TÜROB – the Association of Turkish Hoteliers by Secretary General İsmail Taşdemir, was attended by representatives of the relevant Ministries as well as public institutions, the project’s stakeholders, academics and civil society organizations.

On the basis of the project, which began in 2019 and will last 48 months, the aims are:

1. To establish the expected climate change adaptation strategies and action plans for the sectors,
2. To develop financing and incentive strategies,
3. To carry out comprehensive climate change impact analyses for priority sectors and to prepare adaptation planning guides,
4. To update the National Climate Change Adaptation Strategy and Action Plan (UUSEP),
5. To carry out a capacity and needs analysis regarding policies and stakeholders for the purpose of strengthening climate change adaptation, and to conduct the necessary capacity-building and cooperation activities accordingly,
6. To plan in advance, according to their importance and urgency, the social consequences of climate change such as employment, migration and poverty,
7. To raise awareness among institutions and organizations in Türkiye within the framework of the EU grant programme for climate change adaptation

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Within the scope of the project, the “Strengthening Climate Change Adaptation Action in Türkiye Project Tourism and Cultural Heritage Consultation Meeting” will be held in Ankara on Thursday, 29 September 2022.