Climate change in Turkey

Heatwaves and droughts in Turkey are the main hazards due to its climate getting hotter. The temperature has risen by more than 1.5 °C (2.7 °F), exceeding 50 °C (122 °F) in 2025, and there is more extreme weather. The geography effects vary in different parts of the country. Water supply to some cities is threatened.

Current greenhouse gas emissions are over 1% of the global total, and energy policy includes subsidizing both fossil gas and coal. Annual per person emissions since the late-2010s have varied around six and a half tonnes, which is about the global average. However historical emissions are less than 1% of the global total.

The Directorate of Climate Change co-ordinates adaptation to climate change, which has been planned for water resources by river basin, and for agriculture. Climate change was recently added to school education. An emission trading system is part of a climate law, but the law has been criticised for omitting coal phase-out. Turkey will host the 2026 United Nations Climate Change Conference.

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