Antalya in the Triangle of Climate Change, Environmental Crises and Migration
Antalya International Science Forum on ‘Climate Change, Environmental Crisis and Migration’, organized in cooperation with Antalya Metropolitan Municipality and Akdeniz University, has started. At the forum, it was stated that the summer of 2023 will be the hottest summer ever experienced according to recorded data, and that these are important climate change signals. During the three-day forum, experts from home and abroad will evaluate environmental crises and migration movements as consequences of climate change in nearly 60 papers.
Antalya International Science Forum (ANISF 2023) on ‘Climate Change, Environmental Crisis and Migration’, organized by Akdeniz University Social Policy and Migration Studies Application and Research Center (ASPAG) under the main partnership of Antalya Metropolitan Municipality, has started. Climate change and its consequences will be discussed at the forum, which will be held between 29 November and 1 December.
The opening of the Science Forum held at Akdeniz University Faculty of Communication Conference Hall was attended by Antalya Deputy Governor Erol Tanrıkulu, Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Advisor Lokman Atasoy, Turkey and Migration Research Center President Halil Uslucan, ANISF 2023 President and Akdeniz University Faculty Member Prof. Dr. Erol Esen, Antalya Youth and Sports Provincial Director Yavuz Gürhan, Akdeniz University Vice Rector Prof. Dr. Şükrü Özen, experts, institution representatives and students attended.
NEARLY 60 PAPERS WILL BE PRESENTED
ANISF 2023 President Prof. Dr. Erol Esen noted that Antalya International Science Forum is the first science fair held in Antalya and said, “Climate change and environmental crisis pose a global threat by disrupting the balance of nature. It also forces societies to migrate. At the forum, we aim to evaluate strategies and possible solutions to migration movements and environmental changes and to identify good practices in various countries. There will be nearly 60 papers at the forum and expert speakers from home and abroad will take part. “We would like to thank Antalya Metropolitan Municipality and all institutions that have supported the project from the very beginning,” he said.
ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURE FRIENDLY PROJECTS FROM THE METROPOLITAN
Lokman Atasoy, Advisor to the Mayor of Antalya Metropolitan Municipality, stated that they are proud to be the main organizer of the Antalya International Science Forum and said: “Environmental values, which are the most valuable treasure of Antalya, one of the cities that will be most affected by the climate crisis, are at great risk. The excessive rainfall, floods, tornadoes, high temperatures and environmental disasters we have experienced in recent years show that we need to take precautions against the climate crisis. Our compass in this regard should be science. During the 4.5 years we took office, our Metropolitan Mayor Muhittin Böcek Under his leadership, we have achieved successful work on combating and adapting to climate change. After preparing the Sustainable Energy Action Plan, we continue our environmentally focused work in our services such as agriculture, tourism, landscaping, water management, transportation and infrastructure by setting the carbon neutral target. In this context, we won 18 environmental awards. As Antalya Metropolitan Municipality, we have adopted policies that support science, are environmentally friendly, resistant to climate change and leave a livable city to future generations.”
Antalya Deputy Governor Erol Tanrıkulu said, “The results of this forum will be important both for the practices of the Republic of Turkey within the country and for our country to take an active role in the world.”
SUMMER 2023 MADE HISTORY AS THE HOTEST SUMMER
One of the participants of the science forum, Boğaziçi University Climate Change and Policies Application and Research Center Board Member Prof. Dr. Murat Türkeş spoke at the session titled ‘Global Climate Change and the Importance of Climate Diplomacy’. Stating that the warming of the Earth in the last two thousand years is equivalent to the rapid warming periods of the last ice age 125 thousand years ago, Prof. Dr. Murat Türkeş said: “After the industrial revolution, there is a global warming of 1850 degrees today compared to the period 1900-1.2, when instrumental records began to be kept. In July this year, the critical 1.5 degree global warming threshold of the Paris Climate Agreement was exceeded several times. According to instrumental records, the hottest year we’ve ever had was 2016, but when the data at the end of this year comes out, it’s possible that 2023 will be close to 2016, or even the hottest year ever recorded. The summer of 2023 was the hottest summer ever experienced, according to recorded data. Global warming exceeded 1.5 degrees Celsius in July, making it the hottest July and hottest August in long-term records. ‘These are important climate change signals.’
Source: Railly News
