COBENEFITS Project Closing Meeting
The closing meeting of the COBENEFITS Project, which was implemented in Turkey as a result of the support decision of the 14th Turkish-German Environmental Steering Committee convened in July 2017, was held in Ankara on 23 June 2022 with the participation of relevant representatives.
The COBENEFITS Project has been carried out for more than four years in cooperation with Sabancı University-Istanbul Policy Center (IPM) and IASS Potsdam and coordination with the advisory board formed by the relevant ministries from Turkey. Technical training programs and scientific reports prepared within the scope of the project provided important technical capacity support for the ongoing climate and energy legislation studies in our country.
During the project, scientific evaluations were prepared in five priority areas, and training programs were organized to determine the social and economic benefits that will arise from the widespread use of renewable energy.
Please click here to access the reports.
At the closing meeting, the results of the study titled “Increasing Industrial Competitiveness and Hedging against Fossil Price Volatility with Renewables in Turkey: Assessing the Co-Benefits of Decarbonising Turkey's Power Sector ” were also shared.
Click here to access the executive summary of the report prepared in Turkish. The English report can be accessed here.
About the COBENEFITS Project:
The COBENEFITS Project is supported by the German Federal Ministry of Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) as part of the International Climate Initiative (IKI) and in collaboration with national authorities and knowledge partners in Germany, India, South Africa, Vietnam, and Turkey. The project aids these countries in mobilizing the co-benefits of climate action and renewable energy.
The project is coordinated by the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS, Project Leader) in collaboration with the Renewables Academy (RENAC), Independent Institute for Environmental Issues (UfU), International Energy Transition GmbH (IET) and Sabancı University Istanbul Policy Center in Turkey.
Please click here to watch the video that summarises the project results.