The Trump Effect on Climate Policy: Hard Times for Global Climate Action
Executive Summary
Turkey today is riven by internal polarization and is increasingly estranged from the West. The country faces serious social, economic, and political challenges—particularly a deep division between supporters and opponents of the current government and its more religious, nationalist, and populist agenda. The governing party has undermined checks and balances and consolidated power in a disturbing way, and has aggressively pursued its political agenda with little attempt to seek consensus or include stakeholders from across Turkey’s diverse society.
Publication Date
April 2017
Page Count
12
Ümit Şahin
Ümit Şahin is Senior Scholar and the Head of Climate Change Program at Istanbul Policy Center.
umit.sahin@sabanciuniv.edu
Sarah Louise Nash
Sarah Louise Nash is a political scientist working on climate change politics and policy, especially at the intersection of climate change and human mobilities, and is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU) in Vienna.
sarah.nash@boku.ac.at
Tuğba Ağaçayak
Tuğba Ağaçayak is an environmental engineer and climate scientist. Her research focuses on air pollution and climate change.
tugbaagacayak@gmail.com