The COBENEFITS project is supported by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) as part of the International Climate Initiative (IKI). It works with national authorities and knowledge partners in Germany, India, South Africa, Vietnam, and Türkiye to help these countries unlock the co-benefits of climate action and renewable energy.
The project was coordinated by the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS, project lead) in partnership with the Renewables Academy (RENAC), the Independent Institute for Environmental Issues (UfU), International Energy Transition GmbH (IET), and, in Türkiye, Sabancı University Istanbul Policy Center.
For further information about the project, please contact Dursun Baş.
Co-benefits of Renewable Energy with a Focus on Employment and Industrial Development Opportunities
Pınar Ertör-Akyazı co-organized a face-to-face training on “Co-benefits of Renewable Energy with a Focus on Employment and Industrial Development Opportunities,” in collaboration with RENAC (The Renewables Academy) within the IASS- IPC COBENEFITS Project on October 22-23, 2019 at IPC Karaköy.
Benefits as Drivers of International Climate Diplomacy
IPC Senior Scholar and Climate Studies Coordinator Ümit Şahin was an invited speaker for two panel discussions, “Mobilizing Opportunities, Raising Climate Ambition” and “ Benefits as Drivers of International Climate Diplomacy” in the Conference of Climate Opportunity 2019: Co-Benefits for Just Energy Futures organized by the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies, Potsdam (IASS) on October 15, 2019 in Berlin.
Methods and Tools for the Assessment of Co-benefits of Renewable Energy
Pınar Ertör-Akyazı co-organized face- to-face training on “Methods and Tools for the Assessment of Co-benefits of Renewable Energy,” in collaboration with RENAC (The Renewables Academy), within the IASS-IPC COBENEFITS Project on October 8-9, 2019 in Ankara.
- Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) – project lead
- Renewables Academy (RENAC)
- Independent Institute for Environmental Issues (UfU)
- International Energy Transition GmbH (IET)
- Sabancı University Istanbul Policy Center (Turkey)
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
Pınar Ertör Akyazı
Pınar Ertör Akyazı is a behavioral economist working on environmental and climate policy. She received her Vordiplom (pre-diploma) in Management from University of Cologne, Germany (2005) and BA in Management (2008) and MA in Economics (2010) from Boğaziçi University. She holds a PhD in Economics from Boğaziçi University (2016).
pinarertor@sabanciuniv.edu