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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 435

COP29 United Nations Climate Conference

A pedestrian walks in front of the venue for COP 29 Summit in Baku on November 10, 2024, on the eve of UN Climate Change Conference. (Alexander Nemenov / AFP)
November 22, 2024, 4:33 am
From ‘deprinting’ paper to DIY treescopes, Israeli tech draws crowds at COP29
Israeli pavilion at UN climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, features 20 climate tech innovations over two weeks. We put the spotlight on six especially noteworthy endeavors
By Sue Surkes
Activists participate in a demonstration for transforming food systems at the COP29 UN Climate Summit, November 19, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
November 21, 2024, 1:00 pm
Daily Briefing Nov. 21: Day 412 – Climate fact and fiction at global confab in Baku
Environment reporter Sue Surkes reports back from the UN Conference of the Parties; legal reporter Jeremy Sharon explains the tumult surrounding Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara
By ToI Staff
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
President Isaac Herzog (left) and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the presidential complex in Ankara, on March 9, 2022. (Haim Zach/GPO)
November 20, 2024, 12:41 am
Erdogan admits to barring Herzog’s flight to COP29 from using Turkish airspace
Turkey’s decision prevented president from attending UN climate conference in Azerbaijan, as other route would have meant crossing over Syria, Iraq and Iran
By ToI Staff
The 'Wing of Zion,' the Israeli version of Air Force One, is seen above Ben Gurion Airport, on its first test flight, November 3, 2019. (Yoav Weiss/Israel Aerospace Industries)
November 17, 2024, 2:11 pm
Herzog canceled trip to climate confab because Turkey barred him from airspace — report
After Israel cites ‘security considerations,’ Azerbaijan, reportedly offended by implication Baku was unsafe, says Wing of Zion state plane was denied passage through Turkish skies
By ToI Staff
President Isaac Herzog at a memorial ceremony for people who were murdered during the October 7 massacre, at the Knesset in Jerusalem, October 28, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
November 16, 2024, 7:35 pm
President Herzog cancels trip to Baku climate conference, citing security concerns
Israeli delegation, which includes three ministers and dozens of officials, is still attending UN COP29 under tight security; Azerbaijan, while an Israeli ally, borders Iran
By ToI Staff and 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 plenum session on the appointment of Israel Katz as Defense Minister and Gideon Sa'ar as Foreign Minister at the assembly hall of the Knesset on November 8, 2024. (Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 8, 2024, 1:49 pm
Daily Briefing Nov. 8: Day 399 – Knesset tightens coalition after Gallant ousted
Political correspondent Sam Sokol discusses latest in Knesset legislation, including Haredi draft bill, as reporter Sue Surkes reviews rebuilding in southern communities, COP 29
By ToI Staff
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
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