An open look at COP31, through Türkiye’s lens, with voices from across the field.
Vietnam's state-owned power producer EVNGENCO1 has announced plans to develop a 270 MW floating solar portfolio across three hydroelectric reservoirs…
Vietnam's state-owned power producer EVNGENCO1 has announced plans to develop a 270 MW floating solar portfolio across three hydroelectric reservoirs…
A first-week dispatch from the 2026 UN High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development New York in July is full of contrasts. Inside the United Nations, the language is global: transformation, coordination, innovation and equity. Outside, the city moves at its own relentless pace. Between the two, one question stayed with me throughout my first week at the 2026 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF): how do we turn the language of ambition into systems that work for people? I attended HLPF 2026 as a member of the Council of Engineers for the Energy Transition (CEET), a global body of…
Why climate strategies need orchestration, not just ambition Many companies now have climate commitments, ESG roadmaps and regulatory workstreams. Fewer have the execution architecture to deliver them. Targets may have been approved. Emissions may be measured. Sustainability reports may be published. Regulatory developments may be monitored by legal, compliance or ESG teams. Individual decarbonisation, energy efficiency, renewable energy, supplier engagement and data projects may also be under way. Yet these activities frequently remain fragmented. They operate under different functions, budgets, governance structures and reporting cycles. Dependencies are not always visible. Investment decisions may not reflect regulatory timelines. Operational projects may…
Nationally Determined Contributions are among the most important instruments of…
COP31 and New Alliances in an Age of Geopolitical Fragmentation…
The Core Friction Transition finance has produced no shortage of innovative transactions. New facilities are launched. New risk-sharing structures are tested. New combinations of public and private capital are assembled. Yet each transaction still seems to require a new design.…
This is the fifth piece in a series on the political economy of climate finance. Previous pieces examined the geopolitical origins of the finance gap, why blended finance fails to deliver, the plumbing problems ahead of COP31, and the philosophical…
Nationally Determined Contributions are among the most important instruments of the Paris Agreement. They communicate how countries intend to reduce emissions, strengthen resilience and contribute…
Latin America and the Caribbean have reached a major milestone in sustainable transportation, with more than 9,900 electric buses now operating across the region. While…
Ethiopia has taken a leading role in Africa’s transition to electric mobility by banning the import of fossil fuel-powered vehicles. The government introduced this strategic…
COP31 and New Alliances in an Age of Geopolitical Fragmentation This is the sixth piece in a series on the political economy of climate finance.…
Chinese electric aircraft manufacturer AutoFlight has successfully completed a landmark formation flight involving its heavy-payload V5000 Matrix aircraft and two smaller V2000-series vehicles. The demonstration…
A first-week dispatch from the 2026 UN High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development New York in July is full of contrasts. Inside the United Nations, the language is global: transformation, coordination, innovation and equity. Outside, the city moves at its…
After completing my undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering at Istanbul Technical University in 2001, I went to Germany to pursue a master’s degree in Energy Conversion and Management at Hochschule Offenburg. At the time, I could not fully know how…
It would be a lie to say I did not expect to be invited to the Zero Waste Forum, given that I have dedicated the past 15 years of my career to zero waste and the circular economy. Still, I…
The Zero Waste Forum 2026, held from June 5 to 7 at Atatürk Airport in Istanbul, brought together an unusually diverse group of policymakers, academics, engineers, city leaders, international organizations, civil society representatives and sustainability practitioners around one central message:…
Nationally Determined Contributions are among the most important instruments of the Paris Agreement. They communicate how countries intend to reduce…
COP31 and New Alliances in an Age of Geopolitical Fragmentation This is the sixth piece in a series on the…
Carbon dioxide removal is no longer only a voluntary market topic. Around the world, governments are beginning to shape how…
The timeline of global climate action is shifting from decades to years. As we look ahead to COP31 in Antalya,…
Latin America and the Caribbean have reached a major milestone in sustainable transportation, with more than 9,900 electric buses now operating across the region. While much of the global focus has been on passenger electric vehicles, the electrification of public…
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Büşra Yılmaz-Depondt is a Senior Expert at Becquerel Institute, a Brussels-based consultancy specializing in solar photovoltaics, where she works on…
Dr. Suzan Shahin is a distinguished Environmentalist and Horticultural Scientist serving as an assistant professor in the College of Arts…
Dr. Sibel Eker is a senior research scholar at the Energy, Climate and Environment program of the International Institute for…
Tuğba Sarı has gained nearly ten years of experience across various roles in the energy market, including five years within…
With over 20 years of experience in entrepreneurship and software development, and more than 15 years building tailor-made software solutions,…
Evin Sungun is a business development and stakeholder engagement expert with over a decade of experience in renewables, forging partnerships…
Uğur Can Yoldaş is a senior energy executive with over 25 years of experience across Türkiye’s electricity and renewable energy…
Mesut Ozturk is an energy systems professional with a robust electromechanical foundation, a community based green hydrogen production models developer,…
Eftal Efecinar is a climate innovation and sustainability strategist working at the intersection of climate action, decarbonization, artificial intelligence, and international…
İpek Kurtoğlu Fırat is the Founder of Acacia Futures, a boutique advisory firm supporting companies, governments, and international initiatives in…
