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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 560

climate crisis

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 Mayor Michael Bloomberg prepares to speak at an Earthshot Prize Innovation Camp in London, Britain, June 27, 2024. (AP/Kin Cheung, File)
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
Members of the emergency squad of Safed take part in a drill on April 5, 2024. (Photo by David Cohen/Flash90)
April 17, 2024, 1:41 pm
Daily Briefing Apr. 17: Day 194 – Tension on 3 fronts; climate bill advances in Knesset
Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian on northern Gaza, Lebanon uptick, West Bank violence; environmental reporter Sue Surkes on climate, livestock shipment and Jerusalem developments
By ToI Staff
Environmental Protection Minister Idit Silman speaks during a debate in the Knesset, August 16, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 4, 2024, 8:58 pm
Knesset passes 1st reading of climate bill without any clear budgeting
In what opponents see as capitulation to Finance Ministry, bill allows government to change climate goals and time targets, as well as base year for comparison
By Sue Surkes
Firefighters try to extinguish the flames in a forest in Avantas village, near Alexandroupolis town, in the northeastern Evros region, Greece, Monday, Aug. 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Achilleas Chiras)
March 19, 2024, 6:33 pm
UN warns planet ‘on the brink’ after data confirms 2023 was hottest year on record
Temperatures crept dangerously close to 1.5 Celsius above pre-industrial levels last year and glaciers suffered record ice loss, with trend expected to continue in 2024
By Nina Larson
Firefighters try to extinguish a forest fire raging near moshav Mesilat Zion, September 28, 2022. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
March 19, 2024, 4:15 pm
State comptroller chides government, PM for talk but little action on climate change
Report says despite 47 government decisions in 16 years, progress marked by ‘functional stagnation’; fossil fuel subsidies far exceed funds for emissions cuts, climate preparation
By Sue Surkes
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