Environment and Climate Change TR2022AAP As a particularly climate vulnerable country, Turkey has been experiencing adverse effects from climate change and environmental degradation. Turkey¿s carbon-intensive economic development over the last two decades makes it critical to coordinate efforts to choose an environmentally friendly development path, while coupling climate change adaptation and mitigation efforts with global efforts. In this respect, this action aims primarily at facilitating Turkey¿s alignment with the EU acquis on Chapter 27 `Environment and Climate Change¿, as well as contributing to foster national strategies and global targets such as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This action presents a holistic approach towards this goal under Thematic Priority 1 ¿ Environment and Climate Change of the IPA III Window 3 ¿ Green Agenda and Sustainable Connectivity which covers, inter alia, circular economy, climate change mitigation and adaptation, marine protection, biodiversity and ecosystems, air quality, water, waste management and chemicals pollution. The action will be conducted in line with the EU Green Deal along 6 areas of support (AoS): (1) climate change mitigation and adaptation capacity, (2) marine life protection, (3) waste management, (4) water quality management, (5) air quality management and (6) chemicals management. The AoS (1) focusing on harmonisation of EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) Directive[1], developing a national stocktake system and promoting climate finance will be a valuable contribution both to a more ambitious legislative framework and increased implementation capacity. As a Mediterranean and Black Sea country, sustainable management of the marine environment (AoS 2) is key for Turkey and this necessitates emphasis on marine habitat and marine resources/ecosystem within the scope of climate change (addressing also lakes and wetlands), nature protection as well as wastes such as marine litter. When it comes to waste management (AoS 3), the action focuses on the institutional capacity of municipalities as a priority in addressing zero waste initiative, and onpolicy improvement regarding construction and demolition waste (CDW) Water resources (AoS 4) will also be tackled through the assessment of the climate change impacts on lakes, wetlands and coastal areas and identification of adaptation measures. Furthermore, the action will support air and water quality monitoring (AoS 5) as well as further EU alignment with biocidal management (AoS 6). The activities to carry out under these AoS include inter alia legislative studies for acquis alignment, information-based decision-making and monitoring systems, capacity development at national and local level through trainings and other means, increasing enforcement and implementation capacity, development of procedures, databases, etc. All of them should increase the capacity of Turkey while dealing with climate change and environment issues. &nbsp;This action will result in better alignment with Chapter 27 of the EU acquis, thus helping bring Turkey closer to the EU standards and rules.    [1] https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex%3A32003L0087