What is a Carbon Neutral Convention?
This year, we are holding our Congress as a "Carbon Neutral Congress" in order to contribute to the achievement of our country's net zero emission targets within the framework of Turkey's climate change action plan and to eliminate the carbon impacts we will create in the Congress.
By organizing a Carbon neutral Congress this year, we aimed to zero the greenhouse gas emissions that will arise due to our Congress event. In other words, after we have our sustainability sponsors calculate our carbon footprint due to the Congress and have it verified by taking second-party opinions, we aim to achieve a green congress by obtaining carbon credits certified by the Gold Standard in exchange for greenhouse gas, and balancing carbon emissions. The carbon footprint of all participants and panelists physically attending the congress will also be measured in this context.
At our Congress, which we will hold this year, it is among our priorities to raise individual and social awareness on sustainability through panel topics and climate and low-carbon-friendly methods to be used and applied at the event.
We will ensure that the panelists who will attend the sessions from abroad are connected online in order to keep their carbon footprints low. Instead of using printed materials, digital platforms will be used in our congress. In our sessions, we will inform our participants about low carbon emissions on digital screens and mobile applications during coffee breaks.
At the same time, within the scope of the social responsibility project of our Congress, 15,000 seed balls will be fired to hard-to-reach areas with unmanned aerial vehicles (drone) on behalf of each participant and panelist who will attend the Congress. In addition, on the day of the Congress, we will present 2,000 ecoBoxes containing seed pods and soil packs to the guests who attend physically.
Congress Hotel: Wyndham Hotel
In the process of determining the congress hotel, we took into account the sustainability studies of the hotel and determined the hotel accordingly.
You can access the sustainability studies and certificates of the hotel from the files below.
How can we reduce our carbon footprint as individuals for a sustainable world?
Drinking tap water instead of bottled water will reduce your annual greenhouse gas emissions up to 234 kg of CO2eq.
Recycling newspapers instead of landfilling will reduce your annual greenhouse gas emissions up to 117 kg of CO2eq.
Consuming seasonal and local produced food and supporting local producers will reduce your annual greenhouse gas emissions up to 40 kg of CO2eq.
Taking a shower instead of taking a bath will reduce your annual greenhouse gas emissions up to 766 kg of CO2eq.
Using dishwasher at 55°C instead of using at 65°C will reduce your annual greenhouse gas emissions up to 23 kg of CO2eq.
Using public transportation instead of driving by car will reduce your annual greenhouse gas emissions up to 6,720 kg of CO2eq.
Reducing the temperature of the washing machine from 40°C to 30°C and drying on the line instead of tumble dry will reduce your annual greenhouse gas emissions up to 188 kg of CO2eq.
Using a low-energy light bulb instead of incandescent bulb will reduce your annual greenhouse gas emissions up to 410 kg of CO2eq.
Plant-based diet instead of high meat diet (>100 g/day) will reduce your annual greenhouse gas emissions up to 1,233 kg CO2eq.
Travelling by train from UK South of France instead of travelling from UK to New York by plane will reduce your annual greenhouse gas emissions up to 2,428 kg CO2eq.
