Yeşil Mutabakat Çerçevesinde Üniversite-Sanayi İş Birliği

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🔬研究者:Provides a policy analysis of Turkey's green transformation challenges and university-industry collaboration models.

🏢実務担当者:Offers insights for corporate sustainability teams on leveraging academic partnerships for green innovation.

🏛政策担当者:Highlights the need for comprehensive public-university-industry partnerships to support SME decarbonization under CBAM pressure.

The European Green Deal, presented by the European Commission in December 2019, is not merely a climate strategy aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions, but also a new model of economic growth intended to make Europe the first climate-neutral continent by 2050. This transformation encompasses more than fifty policy areas, including energy, transport, agriculture, finance, and industry. The Green Deal seeks to decouple economic growth from fossil fuel consumption, promote circular economy practices, and ensure social equity through instruments such as the Just Transition Mechanism. The effects of this transformation transcend the borders of the European Union, directly influencing Türkiye’s economy, which is deeply integrated into the EU market via the Customs Union. With more than 40% of its exports directed to EU countries, Türkiye faces significant regulatory and competitive pressure, particularly from the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), which introduces carbon pricing on emissions-intensive products. In response, Türkiye ratified the Paris Agreement in 2021 and declared a net-zero emissions target for the year 2053. However, achieving this target depends largely on comprehensive structural reforms, especially in the transformation of the manufacturing sector. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), which constitute 99.7% of all enterprises in Türkiye, provide 70.5% of employment and account for 41.6% of the production value in the manufacturing industry. Nonetheless, these enterprises are generally less prepared for green transformation processes compared to larger firms, due to their limited capital, low technological capacity, and insufficient human resources. In this context, university–industry collaboration functions as a key catalyst for enabling sustainable innovation. The synergy between academia’s research and knowledge production capacity and the private sector’s implementation capabilities can significantly contribute to the development and dissemination of green technologies. This study analyzes the strategic role of university–industry collaboration within the framework of the European Green Deal, with a particular focus on the transformation challenges faced by SMEs, policy mechanisms such as Türkiye’s Green Deal Action Plan, and institutional structures including technology development zones and technology transfer offices. By examining structural needs, cooperation models, and policy recommendations, the study underscores the necessity of a holistic public–university–industry partnership for Türkiye’s green transformation process.

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