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Reuters
Reuters
Environment
By Ali Kucukgocmen

Turkey raises greenhouse gas emission reduction target for 2030

FILE PHOTO: Environment and Urbanisation Minister Murat Kurum speaks during a gathering to give a start to the cleaning of the sea covered with a plague of sea snot, a thick slimy layer of the organic matter also known as marine mucilage, spread through the Sea of Marmara and and which poses a threat to marine life and the fishing industry, on the shores of Istanbul, Turkey June 8, 2021. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

Turkey will aim to bring its greenhouse gas emissions 41% below business-as-usual levels by 2030, raising the target from 21%, Environment Minister Murat Kurum said on Tuesday.

Greenhouse gas emissions will peak in 2038 at the latest and Ankara aims to achieve net-zero emissions by 2053, Kurum said on the sidelines of the COP27 climate summit in Egypt's Sharm el-Sheikh.

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