An overview of Turkiye s progress toward SDG7 and SDG13

Purpose- This study aims to provide an overview of Turkiye's performance in energy use and climate change within the framework of Sustainable Goal 7 (SDG7) and Sustainable Devekopment Goal 13 (SDG13) between 2002 and 2022. Methodology- To provide an overview of Turkiye's performance in energy use and climate change, Multi Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) approach was used. For this purpose, Additive Ratio ASsessment (ARAS) method was applied to the six different years, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022. In the analysis, indicators regarding energy use and climate change such as access to clean fuels and cooking technologies, energy intensity, energy imports, renewable energy and fossil fuel energy consumption, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions were used and data set was emploted compiled from World Development Indicators Database. Findings- When comparing the utility levels obtained from ARAS method it is observed that utility degrees decreased from 0.7767 to 0.7004 between 2002 and 2014, after that time, increased and it reached 0.8528 in 2022. While between 2006 and 2014 utility degrees are at the almost same level, after 2014 it is seen that the utility degree has rised to 0.8528. According to this, 2014 has the lowest performance level while 2022 has the highest level. Conclusion- Findings indicated that although there have been positive developments in climate change policies in Turkiye, it is clear that there are still measures that need to be taken in this regard. Turkiye should continue to support investments and incentives to increase renewable energy consumption based on solar and wind power instead of fossil fuels to reduce carbon dioxide emission. Thus, all these efforts will not only prevent environmental degradation but also play an important role in reducing the deficit of the current account, which is one of the consequences of dependency on external energy sources.