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                                                                <journal-id>environment</journal-id>
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                                                                                    <journal-title>Sürdürülebilir Çevre Dergisi</journal-title>
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                            <issn pub-type="ppub">2791-7444</issn>
                                                                                                        <publisher>
                    <publisher-name>Çevre Vakfı</publisher-name>
                </publisher>
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                                                                <article-categories>
                                            <subj-group  xml:lang="en">
                                                            <subject>Environmental Management (Other)</subject>
                                                            <subject>Environmental Engineering (Other)</subject>
                                                    </subj-group>
                                            <subj-group  xml:lang="tr">
                                                            <subject>Çevre Yönetimi (Diğer)</subject>
                                                            <subject>Çevre Mühendisliği (Diğer)</subject>
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                                    </article-categories>
                                                                                                                                                        <title-group>
                                                                                                                        <article-title>A Look At The Cities’ Climate Change Adaptation Action Plans for Türkiye: Challenges and Opportunities</article-title>
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                                    <trans-title>Türkiye’deki Şehirlerin İklim Değişikliğine Uyum Eylem Planlarına Bakış: Zorluklar ve Fırsatlar</trans-title>
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                                                    <contrib-group content-type="authors">
                                                                        <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7721-8866</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Çakmak</surname>
                                    <given-names>Ece Gizem</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>TÜBİTAK Marmara Araştırma Merkezi</aff>
                                                            </contrib>
                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8636-4408</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Doğan Güzel</surname>
                                    <given-names>Tuğba</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>TÜBİTAK Marmara Araştırma Merkezi</aff>
                                                            </contrib>
                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8095-9718</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Sarı</surname>
                                    <given-names>Deniz</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>TÜBİTAK Marmara Araştırma Merkezi</aff>
                                                            </contrib>
                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2388-1261</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Karan</surname>
                                    <given-names>Haldun</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>TÜBİTAK Marmara Araştırma Merkezi</aff>
                                                            </contrib>
                                                                                </contrib-group>
                        
                                        <pub-date pub-type="pub" iso-8601-date="20231231">
                    <day>12</day>
                    <month>31</month>
                    <year>2023</year>
                </pub-date>
                                        <volume>3</volume>
                                        <issue>2</issue>
                                        <fpage>52</fpage>
                                        <lpage>64</lpage>
                        
                        <history>
                                    <date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="20231012">
                        <day>10</day>
                        <month>12</month>
                        <year>2023</year>
                    </date>
                                                    <date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="20231213">
                        <day>12</day>
                        <month>13</month>
                        <year>2023</year>
                    </date>
                            </history>
                                        <permissions>
                    <copyright-statement>Copyright © 2021, Journal of Sustainable Environment</copyright-statement>
                    <copyright-year>2021</copyright-year>
                    <copyright-holder>Journal of Sustainable Environment</copyright-holder>
                </permissions>
            
                                                                                                <abstract><p>IPCC Sixth Assessment Report on Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability provides an in-depth assessment of Mediterranean Region where annual mean warming is projected to vary between 0.9 to 5.6°C under different emission scenarios by the end of the century while precipitation will decrease by 4% to 22% in most areas. Cities are hotspots of vulnerability to climate change impacts such as floods, drought and heatwaves, and need to adapt their operations in view of expected climate change impacts. On the other hand, cities are providing a unique ability to address those challenges as near-term measures implemented in urban infrastructure will determine global capacity for emission reductions and adaptation to climate change impacts. Urbanization influences climate change substantially and rapid urbanization may offer a unique potential for the creation of sustainable cities if decision-makers choose the right pathways and measures. Therefore, it is very important to make cities an integral part of the solution while combating climate change. Cities have significant effects on climate change due to Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions occurring within their boundaries and urban heat island effect on temperatures. Meanwhile, they contain sensitive structures against the impacts of expected climate change. For this reason, a city action plan for climate change should consider actions both to reduce GHG emissions within the city and to increase the adaptation capacity of the city to the consequences of climate change. This study discusses the general approach adapted by the local governments, and evaluates adaptation measures. The study addresses economical, political, and social obstacles and opportunities in developing adaptation strategies and implementing adaptation measures. Furthermore, this study discusses in detail the following steps in developing cities’ Climate Change Action Plan (CCAP): Determination of in-city GHG emission sources and emission factors, stakeholders’ inclusion, preparation of GHG inventories, assessment of GHG emission reduction scenarios, sectors’ vulnerability and risk assessments, identification of adaptation measures for the sectors, and finally preparation of the city’s climate change action plan.</p></abstract>
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                            <p>IPCC’nin Etkiler, Uyum ve Kırılganlık konulu 6. Değerlendirme Raporu Akdeniz Bölgesine ilişkin derinlemesine bir değerlendirme sunmakta olup; yüzyılın sonuna kadar farklı emisyon senaryoları altında yıllık ortalama ısınmanın 0,9 ila 5,6°C arasında değişeceği ve yağışların ise çoğu bölgede %4 ila %22 oranında azalacağı öngörülmektedir. Sel, kuraklık ve sıcak hava dalgaları gibi iklim değişikliğinin etkilerine karşı hassas noktalar olan şehirlerin operasyonlarını iklim değişikliğinin beklenen etkilerine göre uyarlamaları gerekmektedir. Öte yandan, kentsel altyapıda uygulanan kısa vadeli önlemler, emisyon azaltımı ve iklim değişikliği etkilerine uyum konusunda küresel kapasiteyi belirleyeceğinden, şehirler bu zorlukların üstesinden gelmek için benzersiz bir kabiliyete sahiptir. Kentleşme iklim değişikliğini önemli ölçüde etkilemekte olup, hızlı kentleşme, karar vericilerin doğru yolları ve önlemleri seçmesi halinde sürdürülebilir şehirlerin yaratılması için benzersiz bir potansiyel sunabilmektedir. Bu nedenle iklim değişikliğiyle mücadelede şehirlerin çözümün ayrılmaz bir parçası haline getirilmesi büyük önem taşımaktadır.Şehirler, sınırları içinde meydana gelen Sera Gazı Emisyonları (SGE) nedeniyle iklim değişikliği üzerinde önemli etkilere sahiptir. Aynı zamanda beklenen iklim değişikliğinin etkilerine karşı da hassas yapılar içermektedir. Bu nedenle, şehrin iklim değişikliğine yönelik eylem planı, hem şehirdeki sera gazı emisyonlarını azaltacak hem de şehrin iklim değişikliğine uyum kapasitesini artıracak eylemleri dikkate almalıdır. Bu çalışmada yerel yönetimlerin benimsediği genel yaklaşım ele alınmakta ve uyum tedbirleri değerlendirilmektedir. Çalışma, uyum stratejilerinin geliştirilmesinde ve uyum önlemlerinin uygulanmasında ekonomik, politik ve sosyal engelleri ve fırsatları ele almaktadır. Ayrıca, çalışma  şehirlerin İklim Değişikliği Eylem Planının (İDEP) hazırlanmasında gerekli olan; şehir içi sera gazı emisyon kaynaklarının ve faktörlerinin belirlenmesi, paydaşların katılımı, sera gazı envanterlerinin hazırlanması, sera gazı emisyon azaltım senaryolarının değerlendirilmesi, sektörlerin hassasiyet ve risk değerlendirmeleri, sektörlere yönelik uyum tedbirlerinin belirlenmesi ve son olarak şehrin iklim değişikliği eylem planının hazırlanması adımlarını ayrıntılı olarak tartışmaktadır.</p></trans-abstract>
                                                            
            
                                                            <kwd-group>
                                                    <kwd>Climate change</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Mitigation</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Adaptation</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Risk</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Vulnerability</kwd>
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                                                                            <kwd-group xml:lang="tr">
                                                    <kwd>İklim değişikliği</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Azaltım</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Uyum</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Risk</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Kırılganlık</kwd>
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