Environment, Urbanism, and Climate Change Deputy Ministry

Mehmet Emin Birpınar

Prof. Dr., Environment, Urbanism, and Climate Change Deputy Minister Chief Climate Change Negotiator

As humanity, we have left another challenging year behind us. The COVID-19 pandemic, which started at the end of 2019 and is still ongoing, along with the tension between Russia and Ukraine, has resulted in our world facing disruptions in the food and energy supply chain while also experiencing economic stagnation that has affected many…

The Plague of our Age: Global Climate Change

Prof. Dr. Mehmet Emin Birpınar

Republic of Türkiye, Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change

Thanks to the technological advancements experienced today, we can find information about celestial bodies billions of light years away. This way we know there is no similar world that can host humans. However, we do not fully appreciate our world’s uniqueness. Since the industrial revolution, we have poorly used the blessings of the world. In…

A Year in the Shadow of Crises

The Plague of our Age: Global Climate Change