The EU’s assessment of what it needs to do on CO2 emissions between now and 2030 is far removed from the targets in the Paris Agreement. The EU executive’s assessment of the global climate deal published in March 2016 failed to make any mention of the need to revise the EU’s 2030 targets to keep[…..]
Turkish Env.net Partner TEMA Foundation attended the “River Basin Management Commission Workshop” organized by General Directorate of State Hydraulic Works on March, 15. All of the 130 participants were distributed the book “Liquid Assets: The Critical Need to Safeguard Freshwater Ecosystems” along with the TEMA Foundation Proposal of Law on Water, which were both printed[…..]
Co-PLAN, Institute for Habitat Development during the month of March opened the restricted call for proposal for small grants for Environmental Organizations operating in Albania. The call under the title “Green Initiatives towards complying with EU environmental standards” will be awarded to organizations applying for advocacy awareness campaigns, monitoring platforms/tools, small innovative interventions and research studies[…..]
On 04th of March ATRC participated in the Conference organized by Urban Research Institute (URI) in Kukes (Albania). Conference was part of the project Environmental Protection and Waste Management implemented jointly by ATRC and URI, implemented jointly by ATRC and URI and supported by European Commission Delegation in Albania. In this final conference results of[…..]
In order to highlight the importance of preserving natural floodplains and forests, the Environmental Ambassadors for Sustainable Development, together with the Institute for Nature Conservation of Serbia, WWF-World Wide Fund for Nature, and Public Communal Enterprise “Greenery Belgrade” organised eco-workshop “Great War island and white-tailed eagle – symbols of preserved forests and waters of Belgrade”[…..]
Volunteer Representatives from 81 Cities reported, TEMA has mapped: At least 59 water resources are under serious threat TEMA Foundation has published “The Map of Threats to Water Resources in Turkey” that has been prepared with the contributions of its volunteer representatives, on World Water Day (22 March 2016). The research was conducted through the last[…..]
The ENV-net team is glad to announce the launch of the first policy paper, entitled “How is the environment performing in the Western Balkans and Turkey?”. The work was coordinated by Co-PLAN, but all the partners contributed through their environmental local cases, focusing mainly on water, waste, chemicals and EIA procedure and transparency on the process. Here[…..]
The Turkish Env.Net partner TEMA Foundation organised a panel on 2 March 2016, together with Greenpeace Mediterranean and WWF-Turkey discussing the post-Paris energy policies in Turkey, and urging the participants on the significant potentical and reserve of Turkey for solar and wind power. Panelists were Mustafa Serdar Ataseven, the chairman of the Turkey Wind Energy Association; Markus[…..]
The Ministry of Environment and Urbanisation has organised trainings in different regions of Turkey, within the framework of “The Technical Assistance for Implementation of the By-Law on Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) Project”. Turkish Env.Net partner TEMA Foundation attended the fourth SEA training which was held February 3-5 in Istanbul. During the 3 days training, SEA[…..]
On 24th February, representatives from several NGOs and academic institutions (including representatives the Turkish Env.Net partner TEMA Foundation) have participated to a meeting with Turkey’s Chief Negotiator for Climate Change, Prof. Mehmet Emin Birpınar, to discuss the outlook of Turkey’s climate policy after the COP21. The background of the COP21 negotiations is discussed in details[…..]