Turkey Agrees to Record $1.6 Billion Climate Policy Funding Deal

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Turkey and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) on Thursday agreed on a $1.6-billion climate financing package to support Turkey’s climate goals in the biggest…

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Turkey and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) on Thursday agreed on a $1.6-billion climate financing package to support Turkey’s climate goals in the biggest climate-focused deal of the Asian bank to date.

The deal was announced in Antalya, where Turkey is hosting the COP31 global climate summit until November 20.

Under the agreement, AIIB founding member Turkey will access a Climate-Focused Policy-Based Financing (CPBF) loan for the Türkiye Climate Action Acceleration Program (TCAAP) with supplemental financing under AIIB’s Energy, Food Security and Economic Resilience Facility (TCAAP-SF) in equal amounts.

The climate package to Turkey is AIIB’s largest climate-focused policy-based financing package to date, aimed at supporting Turkey’s Climate Law and its Second Nationally Determined Contribution, which sets a 2035 emissions target as part of the country’s pathway to net zero by 2053.

Turkey, for its part, has recently unveiled its new energy plan to 2040, which targets total investments of $500 billion in energy infrastructure.

The new energy plan looks to slash the import bill while strengthening the homegrown resources, including gas in the Black Sea and a fourfold jump in installed solar and wind power capacity.

Turkey looks to boost its energy independence and eventually become energy independent, the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, Alparslan Bayraktar, said last week.

The country aims to boost its wind and solar installed capacity fourfold to 175 gigawatts (GW) by 2040, and raise the share of renewable energy of its installed electricity-generation capacity to 77%.

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