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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 343

UN climate change conference

Illustrative: Sunset near southeast coastal city of Larnaca on the eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus, on September 5, 2022. (AP/Petros Karadjias, File)
September 7, 2022, 7:47 am
Middle East heating almost twice as fast as global average, report warns
Temperatures predicted to rise up to 5ºC by end of century, causing severe droughts, dust storms; UN climate summit in Cairo scheduled for November
By AP
Dana Fisher is a professor of sociology and the director of the Program for Society and the Environment at the University of Maryland. (Courtesy of Fisher/JTA)
April 22, 2022, 9:44 am
From a Jewish sociologist, harsh truths on the efficacy of climate change protests
Prof. Dana Fisher examines how — and whether — ordinary people can make an impact on the global problem through activism
By Asaf Shalev
Alok Sharma, center seated, President of the COP26 summit attends a stocktaking plenary session at the COP26 UN Climate Summit, in Glasgow, Scotland, Saturday, Nov. 13, 2021 (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
November 14, 2021, 3:09 am
Good COP, bad COP? Takeaways from the new UN climate deal
Countries declared more ambitious targets for reducing emissions and took other steps as they seek to combat global warming
By Frank Jordans
Delegates from countries including Egypt, Japan and Singapore pose for a group photograph together on stage at the COP26 UN Climate Summit, in Glasgow, Scotland, Saturday, Nov. 13, 2021. (AP/Alberto Pezzali)
November 13, 2021, 10:36 pm
World nations strike climate deal, watering down pledges on coal
Nearly 200 countries adopt new agreement on climate action after commitments to cut coal emissions eased
By Seth Borenstein and Frank Jordans
Alok Sharma, left, President of the COP26 summit, attends a plenary session at the UN Climate Summit, in Glasgow, Scotland, Saturday, Nov. 13, 2021. (AP/Alberto Pezzali)
November 13, 2021, 7:42 pm
Climate consensus appears near; India objects to coal plans
In UN talks to curb global warming, New Delhi says developing countries ‘entitled to the responsible use of fossil fuels’
By Frank Jordans and Seth Borenstein
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (left) meets Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the COP26 UN climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, November 1, 2021. (Courtesy)
November 3, 2021, 2:35 pm
Daily Briefing Nov. 3 – In Glasgow, Bennett does some diplomatic speed-dating
Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman and environmental reporter Sue Surkes discuss their reporting at the climate conference in Glasgow
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett boards the plane at Ben Gurion Airport, heading for the UN climate summit in Glasgow, October 31, 2021. (Haim Zach/GPO)
October 31, 2021, 6:24 pm
Heading to Glasgow, Bennett says ‘desperate’ opposition will fail to foil budget
At airport, PM focuses on politics rather than climate, declaring that his government will pass the budget and survive, thwarting an ‘endless election cycle’
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
Police officers clash with Arab Israeli rioters in Ramle in central Israel, on May 10, 2021.(Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
October 31, 2021, 2:57 pm
Daily Briefing Oct. 31 – How Israel thinks the next conflict will be different
Military correspondent Judah Ari Gross on the IDF simulation of a new war alongside domestic strife; and editor David Horovitz on Israeli hopes from the Glasgow climate conference
By ToI Staff
Delegates and officials take their seats for the Procedural Opening of the COP26 UN Climate Summit in Glasgow, Scotland, Oct. 31, 2021 (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali, Pool)
October 31, 2021, 2:17 pm
‘Last-chance saloon’ for Earth: COP26 climate conference kicks off in Glasgow
Negotiators will try to resolve issues left hanging since 2015 Paris climate accord, find ways to keep global temperatures from rising by more than 1.5 degrees Celsius this century
By Frank Jordans
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett boards a plane at Joint Base Andrews just outside Washington, DC, on August 29, 2021. (Avi Ohayon/GPO)
October 28, 2021, 8:57 pm
Bennett to meet with British, French, Indian leaders at UN climate conference
Prime minister not slated to sit with Biden; is expected to address confab on Monday
By Lazar Berman
Israel's new minister of environmental protection, Tamar Zandberg, in her office in Jerusalem, October 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
October 21, 2021, 10:46 am
Environment minister says she sees climate battle as key to regional stability
Ahead of UN climate conference, Tamar Zandberg says she believes Israel plays an important role in the global fight, and is eager to share its expertise in green tech
By Josef Federman
Newly president, Isaac Herzog speaks at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on July 7, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/FLASH90)
October 20, 2021, 8:25 pm
‘State of emergency demands emergency steps’: Herzog forms Israeli Climate Forum
President appoints former Hadash MK to head panel, which will lead deliberations about climate crisis and determine the state’s role in combating it, ahead of UN climate confab
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett attends the Golan Heights Conference on Economics and Regional Development on October 11, 2021. (David Cohen/Flash90)
October 15, 2021, 2:45 pm
Bennett confirms he’ll attend UN climate change conference in Glasgow
PM’s office says he’ll lead Israeli delegation to forum of world leaders at the end of the month, alongside Environment Minister Tamar Zandberg and Energy Minister Karine Elharrar
By Lazar Berman and Agencies
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett at the Makor Rishon Conference, October 11, 2021 (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
October 11, 2021, 2:15 pm
PM set to lead Israeli delegation to UN climate talks in Glasgow
Bennett expected to attend conference of global leaders at the end of the month, along with Environment Minister Tamar Zandberg and Energy Minister Karine Elharrar
By Lazar Berman and Agencies
In this Feb. 17, 2021 file photo, a floating dock sits on the lakebed of the Suesca lagoon, in Suesca, Colombia (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara, File)
August 9, 2021, 12:46 pm
Humanity almost entirely to blame for hotter Earth: The key UN report findings
With dire warning over the state of the planet, intergovernmental panel says global warming is unfolding more quickly than feared
By Marlowe HOOD and Patrick Galey
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