The Transition Towards A Low Carbon and Climate Resilient Society within the European Union Countries and Turkey: An Empirical Analysis

Abstract

Climate change performance of the countries is generally measured by climate change index and low carbon economy index. The aim of this article, which contains more indicators comparatively with the indices, is to determine the relative success of the European Union (EU) countries and Turkey in transition to a climate resilient and low carbon economy. Climate resilient society is the society which adapted to the negative effects of climate change. Low carbon economy is an economy which decreases greenhouse emissions. In empirical analyses, which use cluster and discriminant analyses, 23 climate change indicators issued by the EU used for 2014. Empirical findings indicate that 29 countries included in the analyses can lay out 10 different development level in terms of low carbon economy indicators. Turkey is not in the same group with any of the EU countries and constituted a unique group. The results of the discriminant analysis showed that the group which contains Turkey is the furthest group.

Keywords

Climate change indicators, climate change index, low carbon economy index, cluster analysis, discriminant analysis.

Citation

Atik, Hayriye, “The Transition Towards A Low Carbon and Climate Resilient Society within the European Union Countries and Turkey: An Empirical Analysis”, International Relations, Volume 14, Issue 54, 2017, pp. 127-147.

Affiliations

• Hayriye ATIK, Prof. Dr., Department of Economics, Erciyes University