İklim değişikliğiyle mücadele kapsamında 100'ün üzerinde lider 2030'a kadar orman kaybını durdurmayı, bu alanda 12 milyar dolar kamu ve 7,2 milyar dolar özel sektör finansmanı sağlamayı taahhüt etti.
#BM İklim ZirvesiGUESSING - Guessing, a small town in Austria, is reaping the fruits of foreseeing the renewable energy boom in the early 1990s. Today the town produces more energy than it can consume, creating extra revenue with sales. An energy plant opened last week has attracted investors from Sweden, Germany and France, the town’s mayor says.
ANKARA - Viewing Russia as an unpredictable energy supplier, the European Union needs a reliable energy corridor. Europeans need to know more about Turkey’s energy strategy and its plans on energy efficiency to be convinced that Turkey can provide this, says Jean Lamy, a top French energy official.
JERUSALEM - Trouble may be brewing for new Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after deep disagreements exposed over key issues with US President Barack Obama in their first meeting at the White House. Mainstream Israeli media reflects rising fears over ’a new era between Israel and its main ally,’ as senior Israeli officials play down a likely dispute
ANKARA - The road to reconciliation between Ankara and Yerevan takes a detour as Prime Minister Erdoğan stops off in Baku to meet with Azerbaijani President Aliyev. In a joint press conference, Erdoğan once again states that a solution to Nagorno-Karabakh problem, namely the retreat of Armenian troops, is the key to opening the border between Turkey and Armenia
ISTANBUL - Amid celebrations for its one-year anniversary, Istanbul’s Kayra Wine Academy Director Bülent Özfırat says they will continue to invest in offering wine courses and seminars despite the negative effects of the economic crisis on the wine industry
ISTANBUL - Even though property prices may be dropping in Europe, there are countries where you can still find good-value property. The strength of the euro has put British buyers off destinations such as Spain and France. You get more for your money in Turkey when compared to them
ISTANBUL- Hayat Su, one of Turkey’s leading bottled water companies, plans to enhance its capacity furtherd by acquiring a fifth water processing plant. The company’s annual capacity is around 600 million liters, of which some 10 percent is exported worldwide
ISTANBUL - Most economists expect the euro to begin dropping in value this year. If it does, it will make Spain properties even cheaper to British buyers than the latest round of price drops, some down 50 percent from their peak, according to www.write-about-property.com.
SARLAT, FRANCE - In recent years unscrupulous vendors have been found slipping Chinese fungi into baskets of black truffles where they soak up the pungent smell, or serving them on a plate sprayed with artificial truffle scent. Only few consumers spotted the difference
MERSİN - A painter from the Mediterranean city of Mersin, Bilal Geniş, has painted the city’s Sunturas (Çağlarca) village 98 times. The paintings that Geniş has made from different angles are also drawing interest from art lovers in the United States, France and Saudi Arabia as well as Turkey.