The British Council in Turkey initiated the “UK Alumni Climate Change Grant” to select projects that will raise young people’s awareness on climate change and environmental issues in Turkey. Within the grant program, as the Hello Tomorrow Turkey,
we organized online seminars reaching thousands of students across all regions of Turkey,
launched a social media campaign to help people take action on climate change,
gathered leading national and international innovators and researchers on climate technology, policy and finance,
and analyzed climate change from national & international sources and three different perspectives (scientific, policy and financial) and prepared a report.
At the end of the program, it is aimed to publish a qualified climate change report and unveil the concrete reasons & conclusions of climate change. The project will conclude with an online event on April 22, World Earth Day, which brings together national and international climate change experts and entrepreneurs. See the details on our website: www.hello-tomorrow.org.tr/en/cop26-2/

Program:
17.00 – 17.05 Welcome Remarks Timur Topalgökçeli, Founder & Head, Hello Tomorrow Turkey

17.05 – 17.15 Opening Remarks Sir Dominick Chilcott, British Ambassador to Turkey

17.15 – 17.35 Opening Keynote: The Climate Challenge: Data Driven Findings of Humanity’s Challenge Ahead
Aurélien Saussay, Research Fellow, Grantham Research Institute, London School of Economics

17.35 – 18.30 Panel 1:
COP26 and Climate Change: Where do we stand and what can we do? Perspectives from global leaders in research, technology and finance.
Moderator: Timur Topalgökçeli, Founder & Head, Hello Tomorrow Turkey
Dr. Melissa C. Lott, Director of Research, Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University
Dr. Oytun Babacan, Research Fellow, Grantham Institute – Climate Change and the Environment, Imperial College London
Dr. Christina C. Gyenge, Co-Founder and CEO, Agora Energy Technologies Ltd.
Gaetan Hinojosa, Head of Climate Finance Advisory, South Pole

18.30 – 19.20 Panel 2:
Climate Mitigation in Turkey: Overview of latest trends and concrete actions by technology pioneers and citizen platforms.

Moderator: Mehmet Örgen, Deputy Head, Hello Tomorrow Turkey
Inspirational Keynote: Dr. Değer Saygın, Director, SHURA Energy Transition Center
Inspirational Startups: Successful Turkish startups showcasing different climate mitigating technologies
– Elif Afacan, Business Development Specialist, Episome Biotechnologies
– Şahin Çağlayan, Co-Founder & CEO, Faradai
Inspirational Humans: Projects showing examples of citizen engagement against climate change
–Nilgün Pala, Project Manager / Environmental Activist, Power of One
– Dr. Umut Kuruüzüm, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics Istanbul Technical University

19.20 – 19.30 Closing Remarks Timur Topalgökçeli, Founder & Head, Hello Tomorrow Turkey
Mehmet Örgen, Deputy Head, Hello Tomorrow Turkey