PARIS +10 - Event 2 : On the Tenth Anniversary of the Paris Agreement and Beyond
IPC organized the second event in the Paris +10 series, titled “On the Tenth Anniversary of the Paris Agreement and Beyond,” on December 16, 2025, at IPC Karaköy. The event brought together leading scholars and practitioners to reflect on the first decade of the Paris Agreement and discuss future challenges for global and national climate governance. The program opened with remarks by Ümit Şahin on the significance of the Agreement’s tenth anniversary. This was followed by Ömer Madra’s talk, “Is the Worst Nightmare Becoming Reality? Paris of Troy in Mythology,” which offered a symbolic perspective on the climate crisis, and Semra Cerit Mazlum’s presentation, “Before and After the Paris Agreement,” analyzing developments in climate policy since the Agreement’s adoption. The event concluded with an interactive discussion session that enabled an in-depth exchange among speakers and participants on the future of climate action in Türkiye and beyond.
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