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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 641

Paris Agreement

US President Donald Trump signs an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House, January 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
January 21, 2025, 9:30 am
Trump leaves WHO and climate accord, among massive changes to US policy on first day
Executive orders aimed at wiping out Biden’s legacy include freezing TikTok ban, rolling back transgender rights, limiting immigration, halting foreign aid spending
By AP
A climate activist dressed up as a banker poses in front of a burning Deutsche Bank logo in front of the bank's headquarters during a demonstration on August 13, 2021 in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany. (ARMANDO BABANI / AFP)
August 13, 2021, 9:30 pm
July was world’s hottest month on record, US agency says
‘New record adds to disturbing and disruptive path that climate change has set for the globe,’ top climate official says of data
By Agencies
Flames leap from trees as the Dixie Fire jumps Highway 89 north of Greenville in Plumas County, California, on August 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
August 7, 2021, 7:54 am
As deadly weather disasters sweep globe, is a 1.5°C warming target impossible?
Questions over whether Paris Agreement’s aspirational target can be met, as UN’s first comprehensive scientific assessment of climate change since 2014 to be released Monday
By Marlowe HOOD
Illustrative. Heatwave. (iStock by Getty Images)
August 1, 2021, 9:37 pm
Israel tells UN it aims to cut global warming gases by 27% until 2030
Goals commit state to slashing net global warming gas emissions by 85% by 2050, relative to 2015; Greenpeace: Unambitious aims ‘a disgrace’
By Sue Surkes
The unrecognized villages around Ramat Hovav in southern Israel suffer from a high level of air pollution from nearby chemical evaporation ponds, December 28, 2017 (Yaniv Nadav/FLASH90)
July 24, 2021, 2:19 am
Israel announces plan to slash carbon emissions by at least 85% by 2050
Proposal includes targets for a 96% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions in transportation, 85% in electricity sector and 92% in municipal waste
By AFP
Illustrative: A firefighter is silhouetted against a fire burning outside the village of Roqueiro, near Oleiros, Portugal, September 14, 2020 (AP Photo/Sergio Azenha, File)
December 29, 2020, 7:42 pm
Ahead of UN deadline, 40 groups urge Israel to adopt stiffer climate goals
Environmental, civil society organizations demand bolder moves from government to cut greenhouse gas emissions, as environment and energy ministries fight over targets
By Sue Surkes
US President-elect Joe Biden announces his choice for several positions in his administration during an event in Wilmington, Delaware, December 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
December 12, 2020, 10:48 pm
As global leaders set fresh climate goals, Biden pledges US support
Netanyahu says Israel committed to successful transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy by 2050, highlights efforts in Israel to find viable ways to store solar energy
By AP and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Smoke rises from a coal burning power plant in Colstrip, Montana, July 1, 2013. (Matthew Brown/AP)
November 8, 2020, 6:18 pm
Biden’s victory offers new hope for environmentalists
President-elect has vowed to bring US back into Paris climate agreement that Trump exited, while Democrats have set 2050 as a target to make country carbon-neutral
By Amélie BOTTOLLIER-DEPOIS
A distressed deer runs on burnt ground at the Blue Ridge Fire in Chino, California, October 27, 2020 (Robyn Beck / AFP)
November 4, 2020, 1:56 pm
US formally exits Paris pact aiming to curb climate change
Move isolates Washington, but has no immediate impact on international efforts to curb global warming; 189 countries still committed to agreement
By Frank Jordans
Israeli activists and demonstrators hold placards as they take part in a protest against inaction on climate change in Tel Aviv on September 27, 2019. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)
April 21, 2020, 7:19 pm
Groundswell of livestreaming events planned for Earth Day Wednesday
During 50th annual Earth Day, environmental activists hope to get climate change back on the world’s coronavirus-dominated agenda as UN warns no time to lose
By Sue Surkes
Supporters of the climate movement Ende Gelaende protest at the coal-fired power station Lippendorf near Leipzig, Germany, November 24, 2019. (Jens Meyer/AP)
December 26, 2019, 12:39 pm
2019: The year the world woke up to the climate emergency
After scientists warned catastrophe may be rapidly becoming unavoidable, a teenage girl led young activists to force governments to start paying attention
By Laure FILLON
Tammy Gannot Rosenstreich
December 25, 2019, 12:24 pm
Tammy Gannot Rosenstreich
Israel’s appalling inaction on climate change
Governments worldwide are ignoring this dire threat. If Israeli leaders think they can too, they should step outdoors and look up
An Indian man rides a bike amid heavy smog on a street of New Delhi on November 10, 2017. (AFP/DOMINIQUE FAGET)
November 6, 2019, 5:02 am
11,000 scientists worldwide warn of ‘untold suffering due to climate crisis’
Day after US announces formal withdrawal from Paris accord, researchers say there must be ‘bold and drastic transformations regarding economic and population policies’
By ToI Staff and AFP
The sun rises near power lines in Frankfurt, Germany, as a heat wave scorches Europe, July 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
November 5, 2019, 6:07 am
US formally starts withdrawal from Paris climate accord
World’s largest economy now sole outlier from landmark agreement as Trump argues it would hurt American businesses
By Shaun Tandon
An iceberg grounded outside the village of Innarsuit, an island settlement in the Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland, July 13, 2018. (AFP PHOTO/ Ritzau Scanpix/Karl PETERSEN/Denmark OUT)
August 16, 2019, 8:08 am
Trump wants US to buy Greenland — report
President expressed interest in acquiring the mostly ice-covered Danish territory, though some aides say idea only a ‘fleeting fascination’
By AFP
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