Turkey

It takes only 88 days for the average Canadian to produce as much greenhouse gases as the average Turk will produce over the course of the entire year.  Therefore, March 29th (88 days into the year) is "Climate Change Impacts in Turkey Day."

As a result of climate change, Turkey may experience increased temperatures including heat waves, increases in forest fires, decline in agricultural productivity, loss of surface water, and a loss of biodiversity.  While an overall decrease in precipitation is expected, the intensity of rain when it does occur can cause flooding.  For example, in September of 2009, Turkey’s Thracian region and the capital Istanbul received a month’s worth of rainfall during two days.

For more information on these climate change impacts in English, see WWF’s report, Climate change impacts in the Mediterranean resulting from a 2°C global temperature rise.