Legal Expertise on the Participation of Turkey in the Flexible Mechanisms of the Kyoto Protocol

Project
Duration: Apr - May 2009

Against the background of Turkey's decision to ratify the Kyoto Protocol, Ecologic Legal analysed the legal status of Turkey in respect of its eligibility for the flexible mechanisms and presented the results at a Turkish-German workshop at the Turkish Ministry of Environment and Forestry (MoEF) in Ankara.

Funding: GFA ENVEST GmbH (GFA ENVEST), Germany
Partner: Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU), Germany

Ecologic Institute, Germany
Team: Dr. Ralph Bodle, LLM

Dr. Christiane Gerstetter
Duration: Apr - May 2009
Project ID: 2307
Keywords: Climate

International Development

Climate, Kyoto Protocol, CDM, Clean Development Mechanism, UNFCCC, Turkey

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