<article><p class="lead">Turkey has laid out new targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) under its revised nationally determined contribution (NDC).</p><p>The government has committed to a 41pc cut by 2030, compared with a business-as-usual scenario, Turkish environment, urbanisation and climate change minsiter Murat Kurum said during today's plenary opening at the Cop 27 UN climate conference in Sharm el-Sheikh. The previous target, presented in October last year, was for a 21pc cut by 20230. </p><p>The revised target would result in a total GHG emissions reduction of 500mn t by 2030, while the country's emissions are expected to peak no later than 2038, according to Kurum.</p><p>The updated version of the text will be a "significant reference in the fight against climate change", he said. It will be adopted "economy-wide" and covers the seven GHGs included in its previous national inventory, Kurum said.</p><p>Turkey aims to achieve net zero emissions by 2053.</p><p>The pledge to raise carbon reduction targets follows a series of updated NDCs during Cop 27.</p><p class="bylines">By Florence Schmit</p></article>
