Join the Crux Alliance, the International Network of Energy Transition Think Tanks, and SHURA Energy Transition Center to learn how the energy transition is progressing in Türkiye and opportunities to accelerate it.
May 11, 2026
10 AM Eastern Time
4 PM Central European Time
Türkiye has set a 2053 net-zero target. Important strategies and plans exist up to 2035—but a comprehensive, official long-term roadmap beyond that horizon is still lacking. Global and regional developments, combined with Türkiye’s political and economic conditions, present both opportunities and challenges for decarbonizing the country’s energy sector in the coming years.
So what is standing in the way of accelerated progress? And where are the biggest opportunities to move faster and more strategically?
Ahead of COP31, Crux Alliance and INETTT are pleased to host SHURA Energy Transition Center—Türkiye’s leading independent clean energy think tank known for its rigorous, data-driven analysis of the country’s energy transition—for a candid discussion on where things stand and what needs to happen next.
Featuring
Alkım Bağ
Director
SHURA Energy Transition Center
Alkım Bağ is the Director of SHURA Energy Transition Center, Türkiye’s leading clean energy think tank. She started her career in the defense industry until 2006, then took on the role of Governance and Community Projects Coordinator at the British Council. In this role, she was able to take part in projects made by various governmental institutions, such as the Prime Ministry, the Ministry of Education, the Treasury, the Foreign Trade Undersecretariat, and various Metropolitan Municipalities. In 2008, Alkım started working in the renewable energy industry as a part of Polat Energy, taking the following roles in chronological order: Renewable Energy Projects Unit Director, Wind-Power Projects Director, and Strategy Director. During her time at Polat Energy, she was involved in the installation of 700 MW of wind power capacity, taking an active role in project development, investment analysis, project financing, and construction. Due to her experience in various duties and different directorial positions, she was able to master the renewable energy industry and its legislation. In addition to her role at SHURA, Alkım is a Member of the Executive Board of INETTT.
Philipp Godron
Programme Lead Power
Agora Energiewende
Philipp Godron is Programme Lead Power at Agora Energiewende. With his team, he works on topics related to the transformation to a climate-neutral power system in Germany. Philipp has been with Agora Energiewende since 2016, and in previous positions has contributed significantly to the development of the international work and led the EnerTracks Training Programme. He serves as an Honorary Member of SHURA’s Steering Committee.
Prior to joining Agora, Philipp worked for the Desertec Industrial Initiative (Dii) for more than five years. As team leader and co-author, he was responsible for Dii’s strategy reports on the design of a supra-regional electricity market based on renewable energies and coordinated market and regulatory analyses as well as electricity grid modeling. From 2009 to 2011, Philipp Godron advised the Jordanian government on the expansion of renewable energies as a CIM/GIZ expert. He started his professional career in 2003 at E.ON, where he was responsible for energy policy analyses as well as the coordination and strategic direction of the power and gas grid business. Philipp studied European Studies, Politics, History, and Philosophy in Cologne, Bologna, and Berlin.