IKV Istanbul EU Information Centre organised a film screening and panel on 24 September 2018 on the occasion of EU Climate Action Week.

The opening speeches of the panel were delivered by IKV Chairman Ayhan Zeytinoğlu and Deputy Head of EU Delegation to Turkey Gabriel Munuera-Vinals. Within the scope of the event, a film entitled “Grain", which has been granted with awards from international festivals and highlights the negative consequences of climate change, was screened. Following the screening of the film, a panel was realised with the participation of the screenwriter and director Semih Kaplanoğlu.

During his opening speech, IKV Chairman Ayhan Zeytinoğlu stated as follows: “The EU and Turkey have to collaborate in the fight against climate change and have to work together to eliminate the impacts of climate change. We must develop common strategies to combat with the negative impacts of climate change and to adapt to its unimaginable consequences.”

On the other hand, Deputy Head of EU Delegation to Turkey Gabriel Munuera-Vinals remarked that Turkey and the EU have a deep-rooted history of cooperation in the field of environment and climate change and reminded that the 27^th chapter had been opened to accession negotiations in 2009. Vinals stated as follows: “The EU's support for the environment and climate change fields from a wide range of water and waste management to infrastructure, from biodiversity conservation to chemical management has exceeded 1 billion euro.”