Within the scope of the Town Twinning for a Green Future Grant Scheme between Turkey and the EU, the team of the ‘We are also in the Fight against Climate Change’ project coordinated by Buca Municipality visited Stuttgart. Yuva Association coordinator Erdem Vardar also took part in the visit.
Making a statement about the project, Buca Mayor Görkem Duman said: “In our project, we aim to carry out activities that will increase the awareness of vulnerable local people, especially children, youth, and women who are most affected by climate change, while aiming for participating municipalities to work in harmony to reduce the negative effects of climate change. Unfortunately, we are seeing the effects of the climate crisis at the poles and in our own geography more and more every day. For this reason, we are already starting to implement climate action plans hand in hand with all our stakeholders.”
RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS DISCUSSED
During the visit to Stuttgart, Germany, Buca Deputy Mayor Gazi Çırak and Research and Development Manager Özkan Kalmaz were accompanied by project stakeholders Müslüm Tosun, Mayor of Pülümür, Tunceli, and Gülsen Birgül Ağdemir, Deputy Secretary General of Adana Metropolitan Municipality. During the visit, productive meetings were held with Isabel Fezer, Head of Education of Stuttgart Municipality, Makbule Koçak Kaçar, Consul General of the State of Baden Vürtemberg, and Muhterem Aras, the first woman Speaker of the Stuttgart State Parliament. In addition, many examples of work and practices from sustainable development goals to waste management concepts, from renewable energy to voluntary local projects were discussed.
