2 December 1997
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UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE
CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES
Third session
Kyoto, 1-10 December 1997
Agenda item 3 (e)
1. The attached position paper has been submitted by Turkey in connection with the
consideration by the Conference of the Parties of agenda item 3(e)
"Review of information and possible decisions under Article
4.2(f)".
FCCC/CP/1997/MISC.3
UKY.97-
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Table 2- Domestic Labor Market Indicators (15 + Age) (In Thousand)
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Civilian Labor Force |
19 954 |
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21 403 |
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22 236 |
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Civilian Employment Agriculture Industry Services |
18 364 8 731 2 773 6 860 |
100.0 47.5 15.1 37.4 |
19 664 8 806 3 223 7 635 |
100.0 44.8 16.4 38.8 |
20 894 9 379 3 327 8 188 |
100.0 44.9 15.9 39.2 |
Unemployment rate |
8.0 |
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8.1 |
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6.1 |
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Underemployment rate |
6.4 |
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8.2 |
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6.3 |
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Source: SIS, SPO
1.2. For the development of land and water
resources, efforts concerning rural services and the formation of
agricultural infrastructure, management and effective use of
resources maintain their importance. By the end of 1996, electricity
and telephone services reached nearly to every village. Nevertheless,
only 70% of rural settlements are provided with safe water, 12% of
rural settlements have healthy, but insufficient clean water while 18
% have neither healthy nor clean water.
Since a persistent and lasting basis could not have been
established for rural development, the difference between the level
of welfare of rural and urban areas led the rural population to crowd
into the big cities, and this trend consequently, is leading to
excessive aggregation, increased unemployment and problems with
regard to settlement, housing, environment, infrastructure,
transportation, education, health and public security.
Due to high urbanization rate, infrastructure and super-structure
investments in the cities persist to be inadequate in meeting the
requirements of the increasing population. Housing problem arising in
line with the population growth, migration and high urbanization
maintains its importance.
1.3. Currently, 80% of the population are
literate. A quarter of the population is involved in some process of
education and training each year, through which environmental
awareness is being promoted.
As consequences of current policies, on the other hand, full
implementation of the Customs Union with the European Union is
expected to increase pressure for higher standards of environmental
quality; accelerated privatization also, offers potential of
improvement in environmental management.
As can easily be seen, Turkey is a developing country and
still has some burdens to overcome regarding social and economic
development.
2. ENERGY SECTOR
2.1 Main objective of the Turkish energy policy is to assure sufficient, reliable and economic energy supply necessary for the economic and social development of the country while paying due consideration to the environmental impacts.
Turkey's gross primary energy consumption was about 72 Mtoe in 1996. Almost 50% of this demand were met by imported resources consisting of mainly oil and natural gas. Turkey's electricity consumption was about 95 billion kWh in 1996. This corresponds to 1.500 kWh per capita consumption that is one fifth of the OECD and one fourth of the EU averages. It is also considerably below the world average that is above 3000 kWh.
Starting from 1997 Turkey is facing electricity shortage that is expected to further continue at least until 1999. Turkey has been experiencing a very high rate of electricity demand, 8-9% per year, for the last 15 years. It is expected that this level of growth in electricity consumption will continue in coming years. But even with this high growth rate, per capita electricity consumption of the country in 2010 will be just half of the current per capita electricity consumption of the OECD averages.
Table 3- Key Energy Indicators of Turkey
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20.40 |
0.54 |
0.29 |
12.25 |
321.75 |
0.17 |
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41.30 |
0.73 |
0.27 |
57.54 |
1023.79 |
0.38 |
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48.65 |
0.79 |
0.28 |
86.25 |
1399.16 |
0.49 |
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70.46 |
1.05 |
0.30 |
130.35 |
1950.35 |
0.56 |
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91.30 |
1.27 |
0.29 |
186.63 |
2602.53 |
0.60 |
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118.35 |
1.55 |
0.29 |
271.45 |
3558.69 |
0.65 |
TFC: Total Final Consumption
Source: SIS
Table 4- Total Final Consumption of Energy per Unit of GDP and per Capita
compared to other countries
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Turkey |
0.61 |
0.63 |
0.73 |
0.79 |
N. America |
4.84 |
4.44 |
4.39 |
4.33 |
Australia-NZ |
3.15 |
3.11 |
3.37 |
3.60 |
OECD/ Europe |
2.38 |
2.30 |
2.34 |
2.35 |
EU |
2.55 |
2.48 |
2.60 |
2.67 |
OECD |
3.13 |
2.98 |
3.07 |
3.14 |
Source OECD-IAE
Notes: a) GDP at 1991 price levels and purchasing power parities.
b)TOE Values per unit of GDP include Western Germany only until 1990. Korea Czech Republic,
Hungary and Poland are not included before 1995.
2.2 Conservation through energy efficiency improvement programs, expansion of natural gas use in power generation and in residential sector ( consumption of domestic lignite is planned to be revised downward while that of natural gas is planned to increase from 8 billion m3 in 1997, and to 50 billion m3 in 2010), utilizing nuclear power as non CO2 emitter energy source, employing solar energy in heating, promoting bio-climatic design of buildings, promoting energy efficient technologies, reducing losses in energy conversion, transmission and distribution, installing emission control and reduction systems in all thermal power plants, promoting mass transportation systems, completing standards related to energy production and consumption systems, increasing use of alternative energy sources in transportation sector such as natural gas-operated municipal buses and electricity based railway systems, promoting clean car technologies including green-trucks, supporting co-generation applications, considering environmental factors in the fuel cycles from energy production to consumption are among major concerns of Turkey's energy policy.
2.3 Recently, a large scale private sector
involvement in the energy area from power generation to distribution
has been encouraged and initiated. Also a price reform which aims at
increasing energy efficiency is about to be developed. These are
expected to result in higher efficiency, which then will bring lower
emissions per energy produced and consumed.
3. ENVIRONMENT POLICIES
Turkey made great progress over the last fifteen years in creating
mechanisms to address its environmental problems: the 1982
Constitution recognizes the right of citizens to live in a healthy
and balanced environment; an Environment Act was passed in 1983; the
Ministry of Environment was established in 1991; public awareness and
demand for a clean environment are growing; and active
non-governmental environmental organizations are emerging. Despite
these positive developments, environmental issues have not been
adequately incorporated into economic and social decisions
yet.
This inadequacy is recognized and development of a national environmental strategy is called for in Turkey's Seventh Five-Year Development Plan for 1996-2000 which is the main instrument for coordinating government policies, including those for environmental management.
Thus, the National Environmental Action Plan (NEAP) which has been
prepared over a two-year period responds to the need for a strategy
and can supplement the existing Development Plan with concrete
actions for integrating environment and development, "energy and
environment" being one of the topics in its context. The options
related to energy and environment policies listed in the NEAP are in
Table 5.
Table 5- Options for the Production and Consumption of Energy
Policies |
1. Measures to encourage wider use of natural gas; 2. Support the utilization of clean and renewable energy sources as well as passive solar energy applications; 3. Decentralization in energy generation; 4. Optimizing sustainability of energy supply and environmental costs; 5. Setting integrated energy consumption targets for Organized Industrial Zones; |
Institutional Reform |
6. Establishment of an Energy Observatory; 7. Organization of energy crisis management units at national and regional levels; |
Legislative Arrangements |
8. Enforcement of regulations and other arrangements to regulate the energy efficiency of domestic appliances; 9. Implementation of Heat Insulation Regulation; |
Education- Training |
10. Organization of energy conservation training at adult education centers; 11. Introducing energy conservation in formal education; 12. Organization of training for households in mass housing & rural areas; |
Participation |
13. People's participation to design and implement energy conservation programs; 14. Formation of energy management units by entrepreneurs in organized industrial zones and small-scale industrial sites; |
Economic & Financial Measures |
15. Introduction of emission taxes in the pricing of fuels; 16. Application of immovable property taxes by considering the limits of energy consumption to be determined with respect to areas; 17. Support for the spread of energy-efficient techniques and technologies; 18. Determination of value added tax rates linked to the energy efficiency of vehicles and equipment; 19. Imposing charges on any excess over determined emission standards; |
Techniques |
20. Encouraging the use of high efficiency - low emission stove and boiler systems; 21. Improvement of power transmission lines; 22. Promoting the diffusion and efficiency of central heating systems; 23. Wider use of process energy (e.g. co-generation); 24. Support for energy efficient technology transfers in industry; 25. Improvement of techniques for energy consumption calculations in buildings; 26. Support the replacement of appliances with low energy efficiency; 27. Establishment of energy management systems in enterprises consuming more than 2000 tons petroleum equivalent energy annually; 28. Use of fluidized bed boiler systems in power plants and industries; 29. Promoting mass transportation; 30. Introducing renewable energy sources for energy supply; |
R&D |
31. Identification and planning of research priorities in energy field; 32. Development of techniques and technologies that increase energy efficiency; 33. Inventory of carbon emissions. |
1. GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
4.1. Measures with regard to Greenhouse Gas emissions are initiated. The National Climate Co-ordination Group published a report on GHG emissions in line with those conducted by member countries of the FCCC. This report recommends to enhance the use of renewable energy sources, in particular hydro electricity, and the use of advanced combustion technologies for fossil fuels.
A working group on climate change has been established to follow and evaluate scientific developments in the area of climate change, and to prepare a national GHG inventory.
In 1992, the Ministry of Environment issued a regulation providing
for emissions testing for cars, trucks and vans. The regulation
foresees penalties in case of non compliance with the maximum
emissions allowed. Emission testing is mandatory for the sales of
used vehicles. The regulation on "Air Quality Control" issued in 1986
sets emission limits with penalties for combustion plants, as well as
global emissions limits in industrial and non-industrial
regions.
4.2. Although the energy demand of the country increases rapidly, Turkey's contribution to global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is considerably below the average of Annex 1 countries. Turkey has the lowest energy related CO2 emissions per capita among IEA countries.
Historical and projected levels of CO2 and other GHG
emissions in Turkey are illustrated in the following tables.
Recent measures to improve energy efficiency which would
further mitigate the increase in emissions have not been taken into
account.
Table 6- CO2, CH4 and N2O emissions by years in the case of energy consumption pattern in 1996
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57.00 |
1.50 |
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102.82 |
0.0027 |
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138.50 |
2.46 |
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149.66 |
0.0027 |
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160.50 |
2.60 |
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135.68 |
0.0022 |
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238.00 |
3.56 |
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189.43 |
0.0028 |
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308.20 |
4.30 |
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201.63 |
0.0028 |
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424.50 |
5.57 |
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211.63 |
0.0028 |
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Source: OECD, SIS
Table 7- CO2 emission/capita compared to other countries (tons)
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WORLD |
4.05 |
4.08 |
3.92 |
Annex 1 Parties |
n.a. |
(e) 12.02 |
11.18 |
OECD |
10.88 |
11.10 |
11.08 |
Non-OECD Total |
2.35 |
2.42 |
2.29 |
USA |
19.43 |
19.64 |
19.88 |
Russian Federation |
n.a. |
n.a. |
10.44 |
Rep. Of Korea |
3.86 |
5.40 |
7.87 |
Mexico |
3.59 |
3.58 |
3.46 |
TURKEY |
1.97 |
2.46 |
2.60 |
Source: IEA, (e): IEA Secretariat Estimate,
5. ASSESSMENT
As seen from the review of energy and environment policies and practices outlined above, Turkey pays attention to climate change, and the process started by the Convention. Since the awareness about climate change first emerged, Turkey has acted accordingly.
If Turkey's energy consumption and CO2 emissions are
projected basing on the energy consumption patterns in 1992,
according to Scenario (2) and compared to the projections based on
the consumption patterns in 1996, according to Scenario (1), which is
the actual case, it can be realized that if Turkey had not
considered policy change regarding global warming since 1992, the
CO2 emissions would be 20% higher in 2010. (Compare Table
6 and Table 8, and see Figure 1).
Table 8- CO2, CH4 and N2O emissions by years in the case of energy consumption pattern in 1992
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57.00 |
1.50 |
0.80 |
102.82 |
0.0027 |
1.4 |
11.36 |
4206.47 |
0.16 |
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138.50 |
2.46 |
0.92 |
149.66 |
0.0027 |
1.0 |
31.01 |
11645.43 |
0.21 |
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167.75 |
2.72 |
0.95 |
156.18 |
0.0025 |
0.9 |
34.61 |
13660.51 |
0.20 |
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291.55 |
4.36 |
1.26 |
208.43 |
0.0031 |
0.9 |
46.58 |
14936.08 |
0.20 |
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378.74 |
5.28 |
1.22 |
230.42 |
0.0032 |
0.7 |
57.21 |
17804.82 |
0.18 |
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508.84 |
6.67 |
1.23 |
249.59 |
0.0033 |
0.6 |
70.37 |
21506.00 |
0.17 |
Source: OECD, SIS
Figure 1: CO2 emissions according to two different scenarios
Note:
CO2-1: projections based on the case of energy pattern in 1996.
CO2-2 projections based on the case of energy pattern
in 1992.
6. POSITION OF TURKEY REGARDING
UNFCCC
Turkey, albeit a developing country, is placed in
the annexes 1 and 2. Turkey's opposition to its placement in the
Annexes are noted INC/FCCC Secretariat document No. A/AC. 237/18,
Part II, para 35 dated 16 October 1992. Further requests for deletion
from the Annexes have been included, then on, in many Secretariat
documents.
Turkey has a long standing demand of deletion of its name
from the Annexes, to be able to become a party to the UNFCCC.
Turkey is not seeking any exemption from the
exercise, on the contrary is willing to be in the
system, and is ready to accede to the
convention, following the necessary amendments in the
Annexes.
Turkey's position vis-à-vis the UNFCCC process is that
commitments should be based on equity and fairness by dully taking
into account the "differentiated responsibilities"
and "individual circumstances" of the Parties
concerned.
The UNFCCC commits the industrialized country Parties (not
the developing nations) to take lead in stabilizing
greenhouse gas emissions. The stipulation is incorporated into the
Convention because of the right to sustain socio-economic development
and the acknowledgment of the specific needs and special
circumstances of developing countries. Furthermore, Turkey is
acknowledged as a developing country in the Montreal (Ozone)
Protocol, relying on the fact that the World Bank,
OECD and UNDP have classified Turkey as a developing
country.
Turkey participates in the COP and Berlin Mandate
processes, and hopes the negotiations will bring
an outcome that is fair and achievable for a better global
result in relation to greenhouse gas emissions.
Turkey is calling for equality of sacrifice rather than
equal reduction in emissions.
It will only be just if, it in fact reflects the different
structures and capabilities of economies.
Furthermore, it is noteworthy that Turkey being aware of
the fact that increase in the level of the global emissions of the
greenhouse gases constitutes a threat to the future of the
humankind, and that this situation affects
especially the developing countries, has already
being taking measures foreseen in the Convention to the extend
possible as summarized above, and accomplishments in this regard have
been substantial.
Turkey is prepared to do its fair share in contributing to the objectives of the Convention. Yet that contribution is expected to be proportionate with the sustainable development objectives of the country.