Turkey
Turkey opens laboratory to grow algae for jet fuel, in EU-backed clean aviation push
Ministers hope Turkish Airlines will make its first biofuelled flight by the end of 2022, but experts are sceptical algae can make much of a dent in aviation emissions
An outbreak of ‘sea snot’ is killing Turkey’s fishing industry
Fishing in the Marmara Sea has become impossible as marine mucilage blankets the water, blamed on rising sea temperatures and pollution
Turkish supreme court blocks coal plant, as wave of new projects stalls
Local opposition won a legal ruling against a major project on the Black Sea coast – the latest challenge to Turkey’s plans to expand coal use
Germans deny Erdoğan’s desire for climate finance
Turkey has threatened not to ratify the Paris climate deal, but a German proposal refused to grant its wish to access the Green Climate Fund
Court forces Turkish coal plant to suspend operations
Three years after it came online, Izdemir power station has been stripped of its environmental licence, in a win for campaigners
Turkey: Notes from a state of (climatic) emergency
Coal-rich Turkey is straying further and further from the path of climate safety. Can it be convinced to come back to the fold?
China cuts pollution at home, grows coal abroad
China cuts coal at home but state owned companies and banks drive new coal expansion overseas, despite promises of green growth for developing countries
Turkey coal surge an ‘historic error’ say economists
Fears Russia could turn off the gas taps are driving Turkey towards coal – which experts say will be an expensive mistake for the country and climate
In pictures: Greenpeace activists scale Turkish coal plant
Protest highlights climate and local impact of government plans for more than 70 coal power plants
Are major economies putting the squeeze on coal?
ANALYSIS: Upcoming G20 and OECD meetings promise a crackdown on fossil fuel subsidies, but their actions tell a different story
Turkey coal push wrecks ‘inadequate’ climate pledge – analysts
NEWS: Planned dirty power plants will wipe out clean energy gains, says Climate Action Tracker, jeopardising an already weak emissions target
6 elections to watch before Paris climate summit
ANALYSIS: A shift in public mood at the ballot box can boot out climate laggards or propel them to power. Here are six on the radar from Canada to Myanmar
What UN stats tell us about climate efforts – and Turkey
ANALYSIS: The latest greenhouse gas emissions figures from rich countries show policies do work, but economics can change everything
Turkey’s hydropower dreams in danger of drowning rich history
Writing for RTCC, film maker Todd Southgate asks whether the huge dams planned in Turkey, Brazil and China are coming at too great a cost for the environment
Understanding desertification in Turkey
Duygu Kutluay writes for RTCC about how one project in Turkey is helping researchers to understand how to combat desertification on a number of levels in the country’s drylands.