Haaretz Editorial Apr. 10, 2022 While the leading authority on climate science has issued a scathing report and made it clear that humanity is on a dangerous path toward destruction, Israel’s finance and energy ministries are raising objections and exerting pressure to fatally weaken the climate bill scheduled for discussion Sunday in the Ministerial Committee […]

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It’s remarkable that a country the size of New Jersey is able to help much larger countries across the region and beyond. By JODIE COHEN Published: APRIL 7, 2022 Preventing the next terror attack has been at the forefront of most Israelis’ minds over the past couple of weeks. This has overshadowed what should have […]

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Ahead of Earth Day, we check in: Israeli environmental NGOs and activists help the world, but how are things back here? By BARRY DAVIS Published: APRIL 7, 2022 There are all sorts of lessons out there just waiting to be learned from the goings-on of the past couple of years. We won’t get into yes […]

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Opinion | Can Israel Save Europe Without Endangering the Planet? – Haaretz Europe needs alternatives to Russian gas, and pumping more of it isn’t really going to hasten climate change. But Israel isn’t quite in a position to fully exploit the opportunity David Rosenberg Mar. 24, 2022 Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has created any number […]

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The British-Iranian environmental campaigner being held in Iran is on hunger strike, according to his sister. Published On 21 Mar 202221 Mar 2022 Morad Tahbaz, a British-Iranian environmental campaigner being held in Iran, has gone on hunger strike, according to his sister, who accused the UK government of abandoning him after two other prisoners were […]

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Industrial sewage from phosphate plants have already caused acute damaged to palm trees in the Zin and Akrabim streams nature reserve Zafrir Rinat Mar. 17, 2022 A group of local residents are demanding immediate action by Israel Chemicals and its Rotem Amfert subsidiary to save an endangered grove of palm trees in an eastern Negev […]

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Major gas producer Qatar and the Gates Foundation will jointly invest up to $200 million over the next two years to help prepare farmers in developing countries to adapt to climate change.   The new partnership, announced on Sunday at a conference in the Gulf Arab state, focuses on introducing climate-adaptive farming methods and technology […]

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At a climate conference in Jerusalem, PLO minister and Israel’s climate-change envoy say that the entire region must work together to avert disaster brought on by climate change Sam Sokol Feb. 23, 2022 A senior Palestinian negotiator called for increased regional cooperation on climate change, including with Israel, at Wednesday’s climate conference in Jerusalem. “Our […]

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28 March 2022 The Middle East is the most water-scarce region in the world, but participants at an upcoming climate summit in Dubai will be ensconced in a resort with one of the world’s largest water parks, complete with artificial lagoons, encounters with dolphins and a mesmerizing aquarium with sharks, sting rays and schools of […]

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23 Marach 2022 As Morocco withers under its worst drought in 40 years, experts warn that a combination of climate change and bad resource management could trigger severe drinking water shortages. “The country hasn’t seen a situation like this since the start of the 1980s,” said water policy expert Abderrahim Hendouf. While it was usually […]

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A shouting match broke out after left-wing ministers slammed the admission committees and the environmental impact ■ Right-wing minister warns of Bedouin settlement if land is left undeveloped in Israel’s Negev Michael Hauser Tov Mar. 27, 2022 Israel has approved the establishment of five new communities in Israel’s Negev desert, in a cabinet session Sunday […]

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Lemonade’s Crypto Climate Coalition wants to use fintech and smart contracts to help farmers in the developing world Corin Degani Mar. 27, 2022 The Lemonade Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded by the Israeli digital insurance company Lemonade, announced last week its first project: agricultural insurance for subsistence farmers in developing countries. The fund will allow […]

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The 2,000 square meter landfill in Khan Younis has piles of batteries on every corner, many of which are often collected and resold for recycling despite being extremely hazardous to both the environment and the people AFP | Published: 03.13.22 In an open landfill in the south of the Gaza Strip, rusty batteries are piling […]

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Sarit MichaeliMar. 14, 2022 According to Meirav Moran’s greenwashing article in Haaretz, the ecological settlement of Rotem in the occupied Jordan Valley has only one problem. Alongside its amazing views, mud houses and diverse array of residents – who run the gamut from religious to secular Jews, and didn’t come to settle the land, but […]

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Environmental group chief says cancelation was not appropriate and was made hastily without consulting stakeholders; pro-Palestinian, anti-Zionist groups outrage at the reversal JTA/Gabe Stutman | Published: 03.16.22 Following an advocacy campaign by national Jewish and pro-Israel organizations, the Sierra Club has reversed its recent decision to cancel trips to Israel. Pro-Palestinian advocates had successfully pressed […]

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TiME (This is My Earth) manages to pool in enough money to purchase two plots of land in Kenya and Belize and turned them into nature reserves thanks to the help of generous supporters Noa Fischer | Updated: 03.06.22 Israel’s TiME (This is My Earth) group is raising money in order to purchase land around […]

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The closing of Haifa oil refineries will reduce fossil-fuel use, an essential step in complying with the Paris Agreement on climate change. Zafrir Rinat Mar. 6, 2022 Israel approved in principle on Sunday a plan to shut down Haifa’s oil refineries and petrochemical plants, marking Israel’s first-ever planned dismantling of an industrial zone and an […]

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Government okays NIS 5.2b. plan for Bedouin communities in the Negev By GIL HOFFMAN Published: MARCH 14, 2022 Tree planting by the Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael-Jewish National Fund near the Negev lands of the Atrash clan, which Israel says belong to the state, will soon resume, coalition sources said Monday. The initial dispute nearly brought down […]

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Israel won’t reach its renewable energy targets without additional land, the Finance Ministry says. The Environmental Protection Ministry, however, says existing space just needs to be used properly – and a decision on the matter was postponed until the end of the year. Zafrir Rinat Mar. 3, 2022 Israel’s National Planning and Building Council voted […]

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by Naharnet Newsdesk A few months ago, Choucri Asmar decided he wasn’t ready to give up hope. So he led a group of residents in “a peaceful demonstration to protect the trees” of his Cairo neighborhood. Egyptian authorities were planning to clear out a large avenue of ficus, acacia and palm trees — part of […]

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