Turkey is the fastest growing OECD economy with rapidly increasing greenhouse gas
emissions. Since 2008, its economic growth has been relatively decoupled from air
emissions, energy use, waste generation and water consumption. However, the high resource
intensity of Turkey’s economy and its heavy reliance on fossil fuels will continue
to increase these environmental pressures in absolute terms. More progress is needed
in the transition to a low-carbon, circular economy to improve the country’s environmental
performance.
This is the third Environmental Performance Review of Turkey. It evaluates progress
towards sustainable development and green growth, with special features on climate
change and urban wastewater management.
Published on February 19, 2019Also available in: French, Turkish
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“Turkey has made a good start on shifting to cleaner energy but needs to step up its efforts and increase investment in geothermal, solar and wind power,” said OECD Environment Director Rodolfo Lacy. “Setting objectives for energy efficiency should also be a priority.”