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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 339

Conferences

President Isaac Herzog inaugurates Israel's pavilion at the UN COP27 climate conference in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, November 7, 2022. (Haim Zach/ GPO)
November 7, 2022, 7:27 pm
In Egypt, Herzog inaugurates Israel’s first pavilion at a COP climate event
President says climate change an existential issue that ‘transcends politics and borders, and is perhaps the only issue that can unite humankind’
By Sue Surkes
The expanded resort complex being built at the Dead Sea, September 2022 (Courtesy: Moshe Safdie Architects)
October 16, 2022, 9:41 am
With manmade islands and jetties, new hotel plan set to transform Dead Sea tourism
Projects in the works includes guest villas on stilts à la Maldives, spits of land reaching into the sea with a large expo dome, plus rooms along artificial inlets
By Danielle Nagler and Joshua Davidovich
Human-generated refuse (mbaysan by iStock by Getty Images)
July 5, 2022, 2:11 pm
UN official sees Israel primed to lead globe in developing carbon capture tech
Representative of world body says at Israel’s first carbon capture confab that country can be leader if it gets going now, but government says it has other priorities
By Sue Surkes
The iconic Museum of the Future in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, April 1, 2022. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)
April 12, 2022, 11:35 am
Lack of action at first MENA climate meet doesn’t bode well for Egypt’s COP27
Israel’s climate envoy calls on Egyptians to give tech solutions center stage at upcoming COP27 in Sharm el Sheikh; says ‘time for describing the problems is over’
By Sue Surkes
Patricia Espinosa, executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (in blue), is flanked by dignitaries and environment ministers at the first Middle East and North Africa Climate Week in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, March 28, 2022. (Courtesy, UNFCCC)
March 29, 2022, 10:22 am
Arab environment ministers call on wealthy nations to keep climate cash promises
At first UN Middle East and North Africa regional climate confab, West’s failure to provide annual $100 billion to help poor nations cope with climate crisis emerges as key issue
By Sue Surkes
This screenshot from undated footage released by Strategy & Government Communications of Dubai, shows the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, about 50 kilometres south of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (Strategy & Government Communications of Dubai via AP)
March 29, 2022, 5:06 am
UAE aims to go green while continuing to produce oil
Kingdom’s climate envoy tells UN confab that fossil fuel phaseout ‘cannot be rushed,’ that oil will still be needed in future, and that UAE can produce it with low carbon emissions
By Sue Surkes
Scholars Beth Berkowitz (left) and Christine Hayes walk and talk during the 53rd Association of Jewish Studies Annual Conference, held at the Sheraton Grand Chicago, December 19, 2021. (Joe Underbakke/ via JTA)
December 21, 2021, 11:07 pm
Jewish scholars gather under shadow of Omicron, heartening many, rankling others
While only 600 attend ‘Super Bowl’ of Jewish scholarship in Chicago this year – half the usual number – the consensus among them is there’s no substitute for in-person discourse
By Rachel Kohn
Ships seen at sunset off the coast of the southern Israeli city of Ashdod, on May 13, 2019. (Mendy Hechtman/Flash90)
November 25, 2021, 9:48 pm
Experts: Israel has ‘no strategy’ for managing ‘lifeline’ Mediterranean Sea
Naval, planning experts tell confab that country needs laws, coordinating body, to ensure that sea, on which Israel depends for drinking water, fuel and trade, is properly managed
By Sue Surkes
The Tel Aviv-Jerusalem train seen seen outside of Jerusalem, December 22, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 9, 2021, 2:34 am
Financial institutions urged to invest NIS 20 billion in green infrastructure
Finance Ministry initiative announced at Environment 2050 conference, which also hears about monopolization of electricity sector, carbon taxes and H&M’s sustainable fashion
By Sue Surkes
Plastic waste on an unidentified beach. (YouTube screenshot/Zavit)
October 12, 2020, 10:09 pm
Justice Ministry changes tack, agrees to support single-use plastic ban
In potential ‘revolution from below,’ MK Miki Haimovich coaxes officials to stop blocking council efforts to ban single-use plastic in nature and approve bylaw changes
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative: Herbal extracts (LucaDAddezio; iStock by Getty Images)
January 15, 2020, 12:35 am
BDS backer upsets tranquility of Israel’s first English-speaking herb confab
Canadian activist’s Facebook campaign against event planned for February results in speakers’ withdrawal and request by American Herbalist Guild head to drop video endorsement
By Sue Surkes
In this September 19, 2019, photo, Environmental Protection Agency administrator Andrew Wheeler speaks about US President Donald Trump's decision to revoke California's authority to set auto mileage standards stricter than those issued by federal regulators, at EPA headquarters in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
November 17, 2019, 3:36 pm
Controversial Trump environmental protection chief to address Tel Aviv meet
Andrew Wheeler, seen as a major player in rolling back environmental regulation in favor of business, invited to give keynote address at Tuesday’s WATEC water tech conference
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative: BDS movement in France. (CC BY-SA, Odemirense, Wikimedia commons)
July 9, 2019, 2:35 pm
European association said to nix Jerusalem conference, fearing BDS pressure
Members resign in protest of cancellation by European Network for Mental Health Service Evaluation; Israeli association calls move ‘startling, dishonorable’
By ToI Staff
Attendants of the 2017 ROI Summit in Jerusalem (YouTube screenshot)
June 25, 2019, 7:10 pm
Young Jewish innovators gather in Jerusalem for social activism conference
‘We’re energized by their limitless potential to generate positive impact,’ associate executive director of annual ROI Summit says of participants from 30 countries
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Israeli journalist Rina Matsliah pictured at a conference at the Jerusalem International Convention Center (ICC) on September 3, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 4, 2019, 5:31 pm
‘Truth has long ceased to be a supreme value,’ TV anchor tells fake news confab
Channel 12’s Rina Matsliah describes dilemmas facing journalists: ‘If you report it, you amplify it. If you don’t, you’re out of the conversation’
By Sue Surkes
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