The third and final report of the project titled “Overcoming Global Problems Through Local Cooperation: The Case of İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality” carried out by IKV with TEPAV and IPM has been published. Financed by the Center for Applied Turkey Studies (CATS) and the Mercator Foundation, within the scope of the project, the role of local governments in climate change, local policies for vulnerable groups and the solutions that can be developed by mutual cooperation between local governments were discussed.

The third report of the project is titled “Urban Coalitions And Mechanisms of Cooperation: The Case of Istanbul and Berlin”. The report, co-authored by IKV Secretary General Assoc. Prof. Çiğdem Nas and IKV Junior Researchers Mehmet Can Sezgin and Nagehan Nur Uysal, aims to explore the possibilities and challenges of urban cooperation between İstanbul and Berlin and deliver policy advice on these globally challenging issues. Moreover, it demonstrates the potential impact of such cooperation on reviving the relationship between Türkiye and Germany. In this framework, the research team focused on the findings in the first two reports to compare these two cities in terms of their adaption to climate change.

You can access the report written in English here.