Role of Public Institutions and Soft Law in Climate Change Governance After Paris Agreement: European Green Deal as a Catalyst and the Change in the Administrative and Legal Set-Ups in the Case of Türkiye

Authors : Bengi Demirci, Emel Karabulut Uçar

Pages : 229-259

Doi:10.32450/aacd.1491546

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Publication Date : 2024-12-15

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Climate change has been urging states not only to act but also to cooperate with relevant stakeholders at any level. Paris Agreement, which is considered as the latest and most radical guide in climate change adaptation processes, has accelerated this effort and has been paving the way for changes in the organizational and legislative set-ups of the signatory states. The aim of this study is to understand how organizational and legislative structures have changed in the countries which ratified Paris Agreement and to understand the characteristics of the climate change governance model brought about. It tracks these changes in the case of Türkiye which has been undergoing significant changes in terms its organizational and legislative set-ups and climate policy governance since the ratification of Paris Agreement in 2021. The research also stresses the catalyzing role of the European Green Deal in the climate change adaptation processes, which further perpetuates the goals of Paris Agreement and requires taking concrete steps in this regard.
Keywords : Kamu Yönetimi, Yumuşak Hukuk, İklim Değişikliği Politikası, Yönetişim, Paris Anlaşması.

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