In our country, a very important step has been taken recently for the fight against climate change. Turkey accepted the Paris Climate Agreement. With this step, our country promised zero emissions until 2053.
The first major step after the acceptance of the agreement was the renaming of the ‘Ministry of Environment and Urbanization’ to ‘Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change’. It was also shared that the Climate Change and Adaptation Coordination Board and the Climate Change Presidency would be established within the ministry.
While Turkey took action on the climate issue, an important claim was made regarding the signing of the agreement:
After Turkey’s accession to the Paris Climate Agreement, this development was also covered in the world press. The most striking of the news on the subject was a news in Politico, a US-based journalism organization.
According to the news that Politico based on “two people”, whose identities did not give any information, England, Germany and France offered money to Turkey to accept the Paris Climate Agreement. Turkey’s zero emission promise was also mentioned in the news, in which the details were given that it was not known whether the source of this ‘financial support’ was the governments or the banks. The news also included the information that the details of the alleged financial support agreement will be shared in the coming days.
The claim was denied by IFC:
This claim, whose source is not fully known, was rejected by the International Finance Corporation (IFC). An IFC spokesperson, who made a statement on the subject, stated that they were happy to support Turkey for this step, but the allegations that Turkey was committed to funds for this purpose did not reflect the truth.
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