Climate Change Mitigation Strategy and Action Plan 2024-2030.

The Climate Change Mitigation Strategy and Action Plan (CCMSAP) is a national policy with a multi-sectoral approach. The timeframe of the policy is 6 years between 2024 and 2030. The CCMSAP lays down mitigation strategies and actions in the energy, industry, construction, transportation, waste, agriculture and land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF) sectors, and addresses cross-cutting issues, such as carbon pricing mechanisms.
Carbon intensity of electricity generation will be reduced by increasing installed solar, wind, hyropower, geothermal and biomass power capacities. The projects in the energy sector will be supported, particularly for R&D activities on carbon capture, storage and hydrogen technologies. The use of Renewable Energy Source Guarantee System (YEK-G) and green tariff will be promoted. Renewable energy applications will be distributed amongs the general public to promote them to use renewable energy sources. A roadmap on wind, solar and wind power technologies will be designated. Carbon intensity in electricity generation will be reduced through increasing low-carbon energy investments. R&D studies for the use of solar power in agriculture will be promoted in a way that the studies will not adversely affect agricultural lands. Vocational training aligned with green transition on distributed systems and low-carbon energy technologies will be delivered to increase qualified labour and green jobs for transformation in energy, considering gender balance and equal opportunities. The use of low-carbon production technologies will be promoted and alternatives will be strengthened in electricity generation. Emission reduction technologies such as carbon capture, utilization and storage and their economic potential will be explored. Incentive mechanisms will be developed to support the sectoral initiatives for carbon capture, utilization and storage.
The use of renewable energy will be increased in terms of self-consumption in the industry sector. The establishment of digitalization systems for energy efficiency measurement, monitoring and reporting activities will be promoted in small and medium enterprises. Technical and financial support will be provided in the commercialization phase of new technological solutions for carbon footprint reduction in industry sectors. Corporate Sustainability Reporting will be promoted and a gradual transition schedule aligned with the European Union will be prepared on a scale basis with regard to mandatory sustainability reporting. Circular economy and resource efficiency will be promoted across manufacturing industry. The CCMSAP stresses on the shift in the transportation sector from road and air to railway. Public transport-oriented practices will be promoted in urban planning.
The CCMSAP sets out strategies for the direct reduction of GHG emissions in the waste sector, including but not limited to: preventing and reducing waste and wastewater before generation; improving waste recycling and recovery rates; reducing amount of untreated waste deposited to sanitary landfills; improving wastewater management and treatment infrastructure; raising public awareness on zero waste practices and reduction of GHG emissions; developing incentive and financing mechanisms; increasing R&D activities and developing technological infrastructure; increasing use of waste as raw material/resource in production processes; and educing GHG emissions from waste handling equipment & vehicles.
Measures will be taken to mitigate methane emissions from livestock breeding. Research, training and extension activities will be carried out to promote rational fertiliser use. Fertilisation programmes will be prepared based on the soil analyses and Right Fertiliser Use strategies. The use of organic, organo-mineral, compost, green fertiliser etc. will be promoted as an alternative to chemical fertilisers. Nature-friendly agricultural techniques, with a special emphasis on good agricultural practices and organic agriculture, will be promoted. Extension activities will be increased to speed up R&D studies in climate-friendly, sustainable and digital agriculture. Alternative products will be developed to avoid excess use of antimicrobials and agricultural pesticides which are harmful for environment, human health, biodiversity etc. The loss, waste and residue management will be strengthened in agricultural production to reduce crop losses, promote recycling of agricultural waste and residues, and to reduce food loss and waste. The efficiency of land and soil management will be increased. Agricultural production will be planned on the basis of agricultural basins or enterprises and agricultural supports will be revised to realize the goals under such planning. The access to affordable financing will be provided to farmers with a gender sensitive approach. Green transformation will be carried out in rural areas to enhance economic diversity. Training, awareness-raising and capacity-building activities for the stakeholders operating in agriculture sector will be increased.
GHG sequestration will be increased annually by protecting and sustainably managing ecosystems and increasing sink areas, and reducing ecosystem-based emissions. Mitigation and adaptation in the LULUCF sector will be planned and monitored at the basin scale in afforestation, rehabilitation and restoration. Soil carbon sinks will be protected through the combat against land degradation, erosion-sedimentation, and desertification due to land misuse. Technical and legal arrangements will be initiated to prevent emissions from all practices that may damage forests and other land uses. The functions in ecosystem-based planning, particularly carbon sequestration, biodiversity, and water production, will be continuously improved with technical and scientific data. Forest areas will be expanded in urban areas. The restoration and rehabilitation projects will be promoted for river corridors and ecosystems in agricultural lands, grasslands, wetlands, and settlements. The process for prevention of forest fires, early detection of fires and early and effective response to fires will be enhanced. Land and marine protected areas will be increased in line with international conventions and EU strategies. The transition of forestry and agricultural enterprises to a circular bioeconomy with high added value will be ensured. R&D and innovation will be supported to combat disaster and climate change-related forest losses and damages.
An Emissions Trading System will be established in Türkiye and its scope will be expanded taking into account the EU legislation. Infrastructure studies will be conducted on other carbon pricing instruments. The existing carbon market registration system will be updated. The use of the income to be generated as part of Emissions Trading System will be planned in a way that secures low-carbon economy and just transition in line with the green development target, considering the Nationally Determined Contributions.