Turkey and Uzbekistan adapt cities to climate change
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Turkey and Uzbekistan are both taking steps to prepare their cities for the effects of a changing climate.
Following devastating earthquakes in February 2023, Turkey began rebuilding damaged homes and infrastructure with climate resilience as a priority. Emlak Konut, a Turkish property developer, restored 450,000 homes and associated infrastructure, paying special attention to building resilience. Turkey is also using technology to track renewable energy.
EPİAŞ, the country’s energy market operator, uses a blockchain-based system called YEK-G to certify that electricity consumed comes from renewable sources like solar, wind, and hydropower. Experts also emphasize the importance of climate education, starting in schools, to increase awareness of environmental risks. In Uzbekistan, planners are approaching the problem on two fronts. They are building New Tashkent, a new city designed with sustainability in mind, and adapting the existing capital city of Tashkent to become more resilient.
New Tashkent’s master plan includes extensive green spaces, 2,000 hectares of green space and 500 hectares of parks, and infrastructure like a trigeneration plant. Planners are selecting drought-resistant plants and implementing water-saving irrigation techniques, as well as treating wastewater for reuse. Within existing Tashkent, authorities planted over 1.35 million trees and shrubs between 2022 and 2026 and are establishing new green belts.
