BigCat Research
Clocalization: Local Strategy Measurement in Climate Adaptation
We measured the social acceptance and awareness level of local climate adaptation plans. For sustainable city strategies, we placed mass behaviors and environmental sensitivities at the focus of data.
Client / partners: Konak Municipality, Social Climate Association
Year: 2025
Project type: Environmental & Social Impact
Status: Completed
Project impact: Urban sustainability and climate literacy behavior analysis.
Background from public sources
Project and funding
The project's full name is "Clocalization – Localization for Climate Change Adaptation". Konak Municipality and the Social Climate Association (Sosyal İklim Derneği) ran it together. It is supported under the Climate Change Adaptation Grant Programme. The programme is run by Türkiye's Ministry of Environment, Urbanisation and Climate Change and financed by the European Union, with UNDP among its stakeholders.[1][2]
Aim and target groups
The project aims to prepare a participatory climate change adaptation plan for the Konak district. Press coverage presented it as the district's first climate adaptation plan prepared with public participation. The project ran from 2023 to 2025. Participants included women, young people, children, refugees, persons with disabilities and private-sector representatives.[1][3]
Output
The project's main output is the Konak Climate Adaptation Action Plan. The plan contains 42 actions shaped by participants' input. According to the project's profile page, the plan informed the municipality's climate adaptation policies. None of the sources report a published independent evaluation of the project's results.[3]
Sources
- Cumhuriyet, Konak İklime Uyum Stratejik Planı için çalıştaylar başladı, 2024-12-20. Accessed 2026-10-15
- Cumhuriyet, Başkan Mutlu 'Genç İklim Dostu Belediye Sözleşmesi'ne imza attı, 2025-09-18. Accessed 2026-10-15
- Innovation in Politics Institute, CLocalization: Community-Driven Climate Adaptation. Accessed 2026-10-15