PARIS +10 - Event 1 : Climate Policy Research Meeting
IPC organized the first event in the Paris +10 series to mark the tenth anniversary of the Paris Agreement. The inaugural event, “Climate Policy Research Meeting,” was held on October 7, 2025, at IPC Karaköy. The event featured selected research on climate change in Türkiye conducted by institutions that IPC collaborated with during the decade following the Paris Agreement. The presentations were organized under the themes “Decarbonization and Energy Transition,” “Just Transition: Problems and Opportunities,” and “Economic, Social, and Health Impacts of the Transition.”
Ümit Şahin
Ümit Şahin is Senior Scholar and the Head of Climate Change Program at Istanbul Policy Center.
umit.sahin@sabanciuniv.edu
Dursun Baş
Dursun Baş serves as a researcher and coordinator in the "Decarbonization of the Turkish Steel Sector Project" (2022-ongoing) and the "Promoting the Just Transition in Turkey Project" (2023-ongoing) conducted by IPC.
dursun.bas@sabanciuniv.edu
Onur Akgül
Onur Akgül is the researcher and project coordinator of the Promoting Just Transition in Turkey project led by IPM. A graduate of Public Administration from Dokuz Eylül University, Akgül has been conducting research and analysis projects on climate change, environmental protection, air pollution, Health Impact Assessment, energy policies, democratic participation and just transition for more than 10 years, working with academia and civil society on developing policy recommendations in these areas.
onur.akgul@sabanciuniv.edu