The climate crisis and Israel
- The science service
- July 10, 2022
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The State of Nature Report 2022, Volume Trends and Threats, presents a snapshot of key factors and processes that affect the state of nature in Israel as a result of human activity. The Fabric is the national program for assessing the state of nature of the Steinhardt Museum of Nature, the Ministry of Environmental Protection, KKL-Junk. and RTG
- Avi Blizovsky
- June 23, 2022
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In a session as part of the Eli Horowitz conference, Environmental Protection Minister Tamar Zandberg said that the outgoing government's achievements in the field of the environment were unprecedented, in light of the criminal neglect she said in the previous governments, and it is a shame that it will not be possible to continue the important programs
- National Academy of Sciences
- June 20, 2022
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The Israeli Young Academy, in collaboration with "Bashar - an academic community for society in Israel" and the Israeli Association for Ecology and Environmental Sciences, will hold dozens of lectures on the climate crisis and global warming all over the country as part of the "Science and Environment Week" "Academania 2022".
- The Hebrew University
- February 4, 2022
A new study reveals that an increase in the frequency of storms, along with a decrease in evaporation about 20 years ago, were likely significant factors that enabled the transition to permanent settlements and an agricultural society
- The Hebrew University
- January 17, 2022
A new study found that a significant decrease was observed in the amount of one of the phytoplankton species in the Gulf of Eilat "You can look at this as the 'canary in the coal mine', signaling that the impact of global climate change is already evident"
- Angle - a news agency for science and the environment
- January 1, 2022
New findings reveal that Israeli youth are aware of and interested in environmental problems and feel responsible for the climate issue. The chance for a better future is getting better and better
- The Hebrew University
- December 24, 2021
After we experienced the Carmel storm this week, a new study shows that future storms will be drier and more concentrated, that is, focused over smaller areas in space. They will last for short periods of time but will be more powerful
- Bar-Ilan University
- November 25, 2021
At the Faculty of Law conference we discussed the issues discussed at the Glasgow Climate Conference
- Avi Blizovsky
- November 16, 2021
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The Ministry of Environmental Protection presented to the Finance Committee of the Knesset the milestones for the transition to a zero emissions economy
- The Hebrew University
- November 11, 2021
A new study reveals that the increase in the concentration of greenhouse gases will lead to the intensification of extreme storms, along with a decrease of about 25 percent in the amount of rainfall. The gloomy forecast, but the researchers believe: "The control is still in our hands"
- Avi Blizovsky
- October 31, 2021
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In an email she sent to her circulation, she writes that until now the government has neglected the treatment of the climate crisis, but now that a global understanding of the severity and urgency is emerging, Israel must also act
- The Hebrew University
- October 30, 2021
"If we look at almost all the existing models this year, we see extreme dryness as something that fits the climate changes in our region. This does not mean that there will not be extreme rain events in the near future, by the way, but that the total amounts of rain will probably be low in the winter of 2021-22." says climatologist Dr. Assaf Hochman who headed the team of researchers
- Avi Blizovsky
- October 26, 2021
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The report shows that the State of Israel is not prepared for the climate crisis and there has not yet been a change of perception in Israeli policy on the issue. 84% of the public bodies have no plan at all to deal with the climate crisis. Israel is one of the few countries in the world that still does not operate on the basis of a budgeted and approved national preparedness plan
- Avi Blizovsky
- October 26, 2021
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- Avi Blizovsky
- October 26, 2021
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- Avi Blizovsky
- October 26, 2021
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- Avi Blizovsky
- October 26, 2021
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The plan includes a wide deployment of charging stations for electric vehicles and the conversion of gas stations to hydrogen refueling
- Angle - a news agency for science and the environment
- October 3, 2021
Last week we finished celebrating Sukkot, after which the rains are supposed to come - and unfortunately, also the floods. Nature has already developed an excellent tool to deal with this problem: streams, and now it is only necessary that the decision makers in Israel learn from it what needs to be done
- Avi Blizovsky
- September 22, 2021
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Autumn is disappearing and turning into a continuation of summer. Studies have shown that in Israel and its surroundings the warming was much greater than the world average. A study by the Institute for National Security Studies showed a connection between climate change in the region and civil wars in the region. The climate crisis has long been no longer a theoretical issue
- Avi Blizovsky
- September 12, 2021
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The Ministry of Environmental Protection publishes the national monitoring report of the Gulf of Eilat for the year 2020, carried out by the Inter-University Institute in Eilat * The sea surface temperature rose, enormous damage was caused to the reef in the great storm that swept soil and debris into the Gulf of Eilat
- Avi Blizovsky
- September 11, 2021
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Almost 60% of the oil and natural gas reserves (methane) and 90% of the coal must remain unused in order for us to meet the carbon budget for an increase of 1.5 degrees above the pre-industrial period, the researchers write * In Israel, as in Israel, they "convert" natural gas and claim that is not a fossil fuel
- Ehud Amir
- August 19, 2021
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In the fire in the Jerusalem Mountains that broke out on August 15th, thousands of animals perished and about 25,000 dunams of forest (about 25 square kilometers) burned - more than burned in the Carmel disaster in 2010. Could something be done, especially in view of the worsening climate crisis, in forest planning in Israel?
- The Hebrew University
- August 17, 2021
Avery Eitan from the Hebrew University, the leader of the study, explains: "The international agreements signed by Israel, as well as the pressure exerted on it by various countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by increasing the use of renewable energies, are indeed bearing fruit and actually influencing the Israeli policy discourse on the subject, which tends to neglect issues concerning to adapt to climate change"
- Avi Blizovsky
- July 24, 2021
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Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, and ministers Tamar Zandberg, Avigdor Lieberman, Yair Lapid, Karin Elharer, Merav Michaeli, Orna Barbiei and Ayelet Shaked, formulated a resolution that sets a national goal for 2050 to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 85% compared to Israel's emissions in 2015
- Angle - a news agency for science and the environment
- July 22, 2021
Joint activity for the sake of the environment can connect the Jews of Israel and the Jews of the Diaspora, and bridge the gaps between them