Tuğba Dinçbaş

As an environmental engineer graduated from Middle East Technical University in 2003, Dr. Dinçbaş earned a Master’s Degree in the Department of Business Administration from Hacettepe University in 2007 and a PhD in the Environmental Social Sciences from Ankara University in 2017 with a clean technology adaptation concentration. Dr. Dinçbaş worked as an expert and coordinator in the environmental sector at the National Productivity Centre between 2004-2011, at the Ministry of Industry and Technology between 2011-2019, and at the Presidency of Strategy and Budget between 2019-2021. Currently she serves as the Deputy Director at the Directorate of Climate Change where she coordinates mitigation, adaptation, local policies, technology and green transition subjects. She belongs to the national delegation of Türkiye under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change negotiations since 2011. Her primary focus has been in the area of climate change, mitigation, adaptation, environmental management and policies, circular economy, cleaner production, sustainability, strategical planning, change management and clean technologies. Dr. Dinçbaş has various publications and also project development/management/assessment, training and consulting experiences in these areas.