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Cabinet approves creation of Ministerial Environment and Climate Committee
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleSue Surkes is The Times of Israel's environment reporter
Environmental Protection Minister Idit Silman speaks at the Environment 2050 conference in Tel Aviv, January 17, 2023. (Liat Mandel)
The cabinet votes to approve the creation of a Ministerial Environment and Climate Committee, to be chaired by Environmental Protection Minister Idit Silman.
Silman says the committee will help coordinate work across ministries to ensure that Israel’s climate policies are appropriate and properly implemented, particularly against the backdrop of recent UN reports and in the run-up to the next UN climate conference in Dubai at the end of the year.
Silman says the committee is a step on the way to the government passing a Climate Law.
In February the coalition reversed a tax increase on disposable plastics imposed by the previous government, a reversal slammed by environmental activists.
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