Assoc. Prof. Dr. İzzet Arı

Social Sciences University of Ankara

Assoc. Prof. Dr. İzzet Arı received his undergraduate degree in Environmental Engineering from Middle East Technical University (METU) in 2005 and his master’s degree in Environmental Engineering from the same university in 2010. His master’s research examined Türkiye’s electricity generation projections and associated greenhouse gas emissions. He completed a second master’s degree in Climate Change, Energy and Development at the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom in 2013 and received his doctorate in Earth System Science from METU in 2015.

He worked in various public institutions for approximately fifteen years, serving as Assistant Planning Expert, Planning Expert and Head of Department at the State Planning Organization and the Ministry of Development. At the Ministry of National Education, he served as an adviser to the Deputy Minister on financing and sustainability. Since 2007, he has regularly represented Türkiye in international climate negotiations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Between 2011 and 2018, he also contributed on behalf of Türkiye to United Nations work on the 2030 Agenda, the Sustainable Development Goals, Financing for Development and the Green Economy.

As a part-time lecturer, he taught Energy Policies and Finance at METU and Global Climate Change at Hacettepe University. His academic work focuses on climate change and development, sustainable energy policies, energy finance, green growth and sustainable development. He has published articles, books and conference papers on these subjects nationally and internationally. In 2026, he was appointed to the Executive Board of the Application and Research Center for Competition and Regulation at the Social Sciences University of Ankara.