Aksaray University Sustainability and Climate Change Coordination Office participated in the Drought Action Plan – Provincial Crisis Center Meeting organized by the Aksaray Provincial Directorate of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry on November 12, 2025. The meeting was chaired by Aksaray Deputy Governor Hakan KILINÇKAYA and attended by Aksaray Provincial Director of Agriculture and Forestry Nejdet DEMİR and representatives of relevant institutions. The main agenda items of the meeting were drought risk management, current meteorological data, impacts on agricultural production, and inter-institutional coordination.
The meeting evaluated Aksaray's rainfall and temperature values for recent years, drought trends, and climatic pressures on water resources. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ebru KOÇAK, presenting on behalf of ASÜ, shared analyses prepared using climate data and conveyed the increasing drought risk in the southern parts of the province, groundwater depletion, and climate projections for the future according to IPCC scenarios.
The meeting, conducted through inter-institutional cooperation, addressed the work to be done on Aksaray's water management, climate adaptation strategies, and risk reduction policies.
ASU's Sustainability and Climate Change Coordination will continue its scientific contributions to increase the region's climate resilience.

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