Tackling the Climate Crisis: The European Green Deal and Turkey

Department of International Relations cordially invites you to the online event titled “Tackling Climate Crisis: European Green Deal and Turkey.” The event that hosts First Counsellor and Head of the Economic Cooperation and Social Section at the EU Delegation to Turkey Mr. Angel Gutierrez Hidalgo and President/CEO of TEPAV Global Prof. Güven Sak will take place online via Zoom on 26th of May between 18:00 - 19:30.

Please click here for the event registration form. The online Zoom link will be shared half an hour before the event with participants who filled out the registration form via the e-mail addresses they provided on the form.

Abstract

Tackling the Climate Crisis: The European Green Deal and Turkey

The atmosphere is warming and the climate is changing with each passing year. One million of the eight million species on the planet are at risk of being lost. Forests and oceans are being polluted and destroyed. The European Green Deal is a response to these challenges, while at the same time it also offers opportunities to create innovation, value-added, and jobs. It is a new growth strategy that aims to transform the EU into a fair and prosperous society, with a modern, resource-efficient, and competitive economy where there are no net emissions of greenhouse gases in 2050 and where economic growth is decoupled from resource use.

Mr. Angel Gutierrez Hidalgo

Mr. Gutierrez Hidalgo is an EU Official with more than 20 years of service at the European Commission. Since September 2018, he is based in Ankara as First Counsellor and Head of the Economic Cooperation and Social Section at the EU Delegation to Turkey, where he is responsible for the management of the financial assistance under the Instrument for Pre-Accession (IPA I and II) in the areas of Environment and Climate Change, Transport, Competitiveness and Innovation and Human Development. He initiated his professional career as an adviser at the European Union Relations Department at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Madrid, Spain. In 1996, he joined the European Commission in Brussels as an Official where he dealt with business cooperation issues and international trade relations. In 2001, he was appointed as Head of Economic Cooperation, Trade, and Political Affairs Section at the European Commission Delegation in Bolivia and since then he has been working in delegations and headquarters on EU external relations and as responsible for development cooperation. In September 2006, he joined the European Union Delegation to Syria as Head of Operations and Economic Cooperation. In September 2010 he was appointed as Head of Sector African Union and Pan African Issues at the European Commission in Brussels at the Directorate General for Development and Cooperation – EuropeAid. Before his arrival to Turkey, Mr Gutierrez Hidalgo was posted in Cairo at the EU Delegation to Egypt, being responsible for the EU cooperation with Egypt and bilateral and regional programs in the fields of trade, private sector support, environment, energy, infrastructures, water and sanitation, R&DI. Mr. Gutierrez is a Bachelor Graduate in Law from the University of Complutense of Madrid in Spain and a Master of Arts in European Affairs at the College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium.

Prof. Güven Sak

Professor Güven Sak holds a Ph.D. degree in Economics from the Middle East Technical University and an M.A. degree from the University of East Anglia. He worked as a senior researcher at the Capital Markets Board of Turkey, as a faculty member of the Department of Public Finance at the Faculty of Political Sciences, Ankara University, and as an external founding member of the Monetary Policy Council of the Central Bank of Turkey. He became a Professor of Public Economics in 2003. In 2006, he was transferred to the newly established TOBB University of Economics and Technology. He was the founding Managing Director of the Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey (TEPAV) in 2004 which is the first and only economic policy think tank in Turkey. Güven Sak writes on economic issues for Dünya, and Hürriyet Daily News. He is currently the President/CEO of TEPAV Global, Washington, DC, USA.