Within the scope of Article 1/2 of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, climate change is defined as the change in the climate as a result of human activities that directly or indirectly disrupt the composition of the global atmosphere, as well as natural climate change observed in comparable time periods.
Factors such as degradation of agricultural lands, desertification, difficult access to safe water resources due to climate change are major problems in terms of meeting the basic needs of living beings. These problems require the responsibility of states and are the subject of climate lawsuits.
Climate law includes the legal regulations necessary to keep the impacts of climate change under control. These legal regulations bring important obligations especially for companies. So much so that the “Emission Trading System” will soon be implemented in our country. In addition, the European Union’s pilot implementation of the “Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism” and the full implementation of the regulation in 2026 will seriously affect Turkish exporters, especially operating in sectors such as iron and steel, cement, aluminium, fertiliser, electricity and hydrogen. Therefore, in the period ahead, adaptation to climate change and sustainability will be a necessity rather than a preference.
GA Law Office, we provide legal support with our experienced team lived in Turkey and abroad for climate law and related legal procedures in terms of Turkish and European Union legislation.