On 1-2 November, the EU Delegation to Israel, the Israeli Ministry of Environmental Protection, and Haifa University – The Natural Resource & Environmental Research Center will be holding a 2-day conference on climate change.
The first day will be devoted to the local Israeli views on climate change. It will shed light on past, present and future aspects of climate change, and provide an overview of climate negotiations from Rio to Durban. The economics of climate change will also be discussed from a US perspective.
The second day will be devoted to the many facets of EU-Israel cooperation on climate change – from the 7th Framework Programme research projects, through the policy discussions and exchanges of experience occurring in the various EuroMediterranean and European Neighbourhood Policy, Programmes to the concrete projects, being implemented on the ground. The workshop will conclude with a roundtable discussion of climate change research gaps, which will bring together the Heads of the Climate Change Information Centre, Ministries and the Head of Unit on Climate Change at the European Commission.
For more info:
http://nrerc.haifa.ac.il/images/stories/pdf/programme1-2nov%20eng.pdf