Climate Change Summit
The Climate Change Summit, held in 2021 and 2022 in collaboration with Ekonomi Gazetesi, was an important convening platform where global developments in the fight against the climate crisis and their implications for Türkiye were addressed through a multi-stakeholder perspective.
A Platform for Collective Intelligence and Concrete Action Against the Climate Crisis
The Climate Change Summit, held in 2021 and 2022 in collaboration with Ekonomi Gazetesi, was an important convening platform where global developments in the fight against the climate crisis and their implications for Türkiye were addressed through a multi-stakeholder perspective.
The summit aimed to assess the global climate agenda shaped after COP26 and COP27 through the lens of the transition to net zero, the low-carbon economy and the need for concrete action.
Global Agenda, Türkiye Perspective
Across the summits held over two years, approximately 80 speakers from business, the public sector, civil society and academia came together across 30 sessions.
Key topics addressed included:
- Climate scenarios and risks
- Industrial decarbonization
- Sustainable finance and ESG
- Clean energy transition
- Food systems
- The role of local governments
- Just transition and the social impacts of climate change
These topics were addressed in the context of both global climate goals and Türkiye’s transformation journey .
Dialogue, Knowledge Sharing and Shared Responsibility
The Climate Change Summit contributed to building dialogue among stakeholders from different sectors and strengthening the sharing of knowledge and experience, while making visible the call for shared responsibility and collective action against the climate crisis.
The summit presented an approach that framed climate action not merely as a topic for discussion, but as an area of collective responsibility and joint action.