Capacity Building for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation in Trakya Region

Project Name : Capacity Building for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation in Trakya Region

Project Reference No : TR2013/0327.05.01-02/042

Grant Beneficiary : Tekirdağ Metropolitan Municipality

Grant Co-applicants : Namık Kemal University

Base of Operation : Tekirdağ/Turkey

Action duration (in months) : 18 months

Budget : 174.495,60 Euro

Purpose of project : 

To enhance the capacity of stakeholders for,

• Sustainable land use, land use change and water resources management to mitigate climate change;
• Maintaining agro production and minimising the hazards of extreme climate events by adaptation, while accommodating rapid population growth, industrial and commercial development in order to support sustainable economic activities consistent with local and state government planning efforts in Trakya Region that involves analytical land-use and climate change projections.

Activities and Outputs:

1. To model short, medium and long- term climate change under different scenario for Trakya Region,
2. To investigate sustainable land use management strategies to mitigate climate change,
3. To assess the impact of climate change on water quality and quantity and measures to mitigate and adapt to its impacts,
4. To investigate the impact of climate change on agro-production of the region and assess the precautions to mitigate and adapt to it,
5. To evaluate hazards of extreme climate events (drought and flood) and strategies to mitigate and adapt to it,
6. To establish “Climate Change Monitoring, Mitigation and Adaptation Platform”