The presentation of the study titled “Seminar on Factors Determining CO2 Emissions in Latin America” by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Gülfer VURAL, faculty member of the Department of Economics, was held on December 8, 2023 at 11:00 in the meeting hall on the 7th floor of Block C of our university.
The relevant seminar was attended by the Dean of the Faculty of Political Sciences and also faculty member of the Department of Economics Prof. Dr. Hamdi GENÇ and the Head of the Department of Economics Prof. Dr. Faruk BAL. Many faculty members and students from the Department of Economics also participated.
VURAL began the presentation by emphasizing that global warming and climate change are critical problems in today's world. VURAL stated that the focus was mainly on carbon dioxide emissions, which are a key determinant of greenhouse gas emissions, regarded as one of the most significant factors contributing to climate change. VURAL then explained that machine learning techniques were used to identify the factors influencing carbon dioxide emissions between 2000 and 2020 for 38 OECD countries. As a result of the analysis, Vural found that the primary factors contributing to carbon dioxide emissions were GDP per capita, renewable electricity consumption, energy usage, research and development activities, population density, and forest area. The seminar concluded with a question-and-answer session following VURAL's presentation.
