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Damage caused to an apartment building following heavy rainfall in Ness Ziona, central Israel, November 21, 2020. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
December 4, 2024, 3:07 pm
Knesset panel paves way for controversial climate bill to go to final Knesset votes
Bill, which passed first reading in April, has no budget, allows government to change emission cut targets and delay climate action for up to three years without Knesset okay
By Sue Surkes
Children take part in recycling and the environmental activities in southern Tel Aviv, November 28, 2024 (Photo by Dor Pazuelo/Flash90)
December 4, 2024, 3:06 pm
Daily Briefing Dec. 4: Day 425 – Committee pushes through weak climate bill
Arab affairs correspondent Gianluca Pacchiani discusses Lebanese Shiites and Syrian rebels; environment reporter Sue Surkes reviews a watered-down climate bill and recycled textiles
By ToI Staff
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
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 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
People attend the UAE Climate Tech Forum in Abu Dhabi, May 10, 2023. (Photo by Karim SAHIB / AFP)
July 31, 2023, 10:29 am
Green organizations to boycott UN COP28 climate confab in Dubai
Zalul and Adam Teva V’Din cite government’s climate failures, while student-led Green Course plans annual march for climate to coincide with opening day of international meet
By Sue Surkes
A brush fire near Barta'a in the Wadi Ara region amid a heatwave, July 17, 2019. (Screenshot: Twitter)
June 11, 2023, 6:21 pm
Ministers again delay debate and vote on climate bill
Energy and finance ministries continue to insist on non-binding targets for global warming emissions cuts, while Environmental Protection Ministry demands mandatory goals
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative photo of carbon emissions from a power plant. (YouTube screenshot)
May 1, 2023, 10:04 am
Climate bill delayed as Energy Ministry argues it should head panel on emission cuts
‘The cat can’t guard the cream,’ objects environmental protection minister, as Energy Ministry issues list of demands, pushing off debate by a week
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative. Heatwave. (iStock by Getty Images)
October 24, 2022, 12:27 pm
Israel heads to COP27 without official backing for former PM Bennett’s net zero vow
Justice Ministry won’t allow government decision so close to elections, and Finance Ministry previously overruled bid to put net zero pledge in climate bill
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative. Heatwave. (iStock by Getty Images)
May 8, 2022, 6:20 pm
Israel advances its first Climate Bill in bid to hit emission goals
Draft law, met with lukewarm response from green groups, is a compromise between Environment Ministry, which wanted tougher targets, and Finance Ministry, which wanted none
By Sue Surkes
An empty plastic bottle is seen in a crack of mud at the Shlomo River, near Eilat, Israel, November 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
December 26, 2021, 11:12 pm
Coalition MKs to push climate law within weeks to force PM’s hand
Yesh Atid’s Yorai Lahav-Hertzano will sponsor bill, drafted by Adam Teva V’Din, calling for National Climate Council, target of 50% renewables by 2030
By Sue Surkes
Air pollution around unrecognized Bedouin villages near Ramat Hovav in the Negev desert, southern Israel, December 28, 2017. (Yaniv Nadav/FLASH90)
April 19, 2021, 6:22 am
Environment Ministry unveils climate bill with sweeping powers to cut emissions
Draft legislation, which would give extensive new powers to ministry, aims to anchor steps to tackle global warming in law; will be issued for public comment in coming days
By Sue Surkes
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