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CeraPiper clay cooling pipes. (Courtesy/Haim Zinger); Ofer Berman, Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology (Courtesy)
March 15, 2026, 4:49 pm
Cornell and Technion scientists adapt ancient clay air conditioning tech for sustainable cooling
In innovative study that precedes Cornell students’ push to sever ties with Israeli institution, researchers use traditional ceramic know-how for off-grid chill through evaporation
By Diana Bletter
Some of the young people behind Israel's first High Court petition on climate action, outside the High Court in Jerusalem, on February 23, 2026. Green Trend's CEO Elad Hochman is wearing a white jacket.(Green Trend).
February 23, 2026, 2:07 pm
In first, environmental NGOs petition High Court against government’s climate policies
Petitioners demand interim injunction to compel government to explain why emissions cut target for 2030 is 27% and not 43%, as set by the UN to cap rising temperatures
By Sue Surkes
Left: Dov Khenin, chairman of the Israeli Climate Forum, addresses a meeting of Bedouin council representatives on preparing for climate change in Beersheba, November 6, 2024. (Courtesy of the Israeli Climate Forum); Right: Israeli Climate Forum CEO Netta Galnoor-Tene. (Yael Tzur)
January 29, 2026, 12:35 pm
Ahead of annual report, Climate Forum heads say even in wartime, they battle for change
In a joint interview before presenting findings to president, chair and CEO of environmental group discuss post-Oct. 7 programs, local government, and making good financial sense
By Sue Surkes
Common two-banded seabream fish swim in the protected area of France's Porquerolles National Park on June 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag,)
January 9, 2026, 11:13 am
Oceans soaked up record amount of heat in 2025, study shows
After highest reading in modern history, report warns of an increase in tropical cyclones, rising sea levels and coral death
By AFP
President Isaac Herzog (center bottom row), flanked by State Comptroller Matanyahu Engelman (right) and Dov Khenin, at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, April 3, 2025. (Amos Ben Gershom, Government Press Office)
April 7, 2025, 9:02 am
Government ‘treading water’ on climate crisis, state comptroller warns
Englman tells President’s Climate Forum his office places ‘special’ emphasis on monitoring sustainability, climate and environment, will issue two new reports this year
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative: Students explore local sustainable agriculture as part of a long-running semester academic program at the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies. (Marcos Schoenholz)
February 13, 2025, 11:09 am
Budding climate fund seeks to guide Jewish response to era’s greatest threat
As Trump retreats on environment in US and Israeli commitment wavers, Jewish Climate Trust looks to engage more civic and religious leaders; raises nearly $18m in initial pledges
By Sue Surkes
Former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg prepares to speak at an Earthshot Prize Innovation Camp in London, Britain, June 27, 2024. (AP/Kin Cheung)
January 24, 2025, 10:08 am
Michael Bloomberg steps in again to fund UN climate body in response to Trump moves
In repeat of 2017, billionaire former mayor of New York vows support for Framework Convention on Climate Change after new US president cuts funding, pulls out of Paris accords
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
A demonstrator holds a sign that reads "climate justice now" at the COP29 UN climate conference, November 18, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
November 21, 2024, 7:53 am
At the third UN climate confab to be held in a petrostate, fact and fantasy collide
Israeli innovation strutted its stuff in Baku, but a global consensus on carbon-guzzling countries paying for the effects of their consumption is not yet on the horizon
By Sue Surkes
A screenshot from the Interfaith Center for Sustainable Development's Instagram page showing videos commissioned from Nas Studio, in partnership with the Episcopal Church and the Episcopal Diocese of California. (Screenshot, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
November 14, 2024, 4:01 pm
Jerusalem interfaith nonprofit hopes Nas Daily clips will convert millions to eco-action
Featuring stories from multiple religions, 1-2 minute videos posted to six social media platforms bring Nuseir Yassin’s signature style to religion’s role on environmental activism
By Sue Surkes
Faith leaders at the UN climate conference COP29 in Baku Azerbaijan on November 12, 2024. From left: Rabbi Yonatan Neril, director of the Jerusalem-based Interfaith Center for Sustainable Development; Reverend Melanie Mullen, Director of Reconciliation, Justice and Creation Care at the US Episcopal Church' Metropolitan Serafim Kykotis, Lisa Graumlich; and Rebecca Paulsen Edwards, an atmospheric scientist training to be a Methodist deacon. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)
November 13, 2024, 5:27 am
Scientist turned deacon urges faith leaders to implore followers to act on climate
At annual UN climate confab, speakers at event organized by Jerusalem-based interfaith group say scientific proof of crisis is necessary, but it’s not motivating humanity to change
By Sue Surkes
Renewable energy wind turbines as seen next to the snowy peaks of Mount Hermon on January 3, 2021, northern Golan Heights, with a posted sign warning of land mines. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
November 8, 2024, 6:35 pm
In run-up to annual UN climate confab, President’s Climate Forum focuses on resilience
Ahead of November 11 Baku conference, chair of Herzog’s environment coalition, former MK Dov Khenin, says wartime events have made climate-related issues even more urgent
By Sue Surkes
A firefighter tries to control the fire burning down a house as the Mountain Fire scorches acres, the wildfire fueled by strong Santa Ana winds, in Camarillo, California, on November 6, 2024. (ETIENNE LAURENT / AFP)
November 7, 2024, 5:56 pm
EU says this year ‘virtually certain’ to overtake 2023 as hottest on record
European climate agency says ‘warming in all continents, in all ocean basins’ means more records will be broken
By Kate Abnett and Alison Withers
A sign for COP29, the United Nations Climate Change Conference, goes on display in Baku, Azerbaijan, September 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
November 6, 2024, 5:44 pm
Israeli team set to attend UN climate confab in Azerbaijan under tight security
Delegation of over 100 will be subject to restrictions on movement given country’s proximity to Iran; Israeli pavilion to hold dozens of events, with 20 companies exhibiting
By Sue Surkes
President Isaac Herzog (center) and his wife Michal (to his left) pose at the President's Residence in Jerusalem with members of the Israeli delegation to the upcoming United Nations COP29 climate conference in Baku, Ajerbaijan, October 29, 2024. (Mayan Toaf / GPO)
October 30, 2024, 10:24 am
President will represent Israel at upcoming UN climate meet
Addressing delegation that will head to COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, Herzog stresses importance of regional cooperation when ‘axis of evil tries to close us in from all directions’
By Sue Surkes
Lions receive frozen meat popsicles to cool down, during a hot summer day, at the Ramat Gan Safari, July 2, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
August 8, 2024, 5:22 pm
July ends 13-month global heat record streak, but experts warn climate still warming
Slight easing of temperatures relative to a year ago comes as result of natural El Nino climate pattern ebbing; climate agency says July 22, 23 were hottest days ever recorded
By Agencies
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