A special report of the Ministry of Environmental Protection warns of the dangers of climate change for Israel • The Director General of the Ministry of Environmental Protection will head a committee with the participation of other government ministries that will lead the country's preparation for climate change • The Minister of Environmental Protection, MK Amir Peretz: "Climate change is long overdue Not a theoretical threat that lies beyond the horizon, it is much closer and much more real.
A special report by the Ministry of Environmental Protection warns that climate change may seriously harm more than five million Israelis through sea level rise and river flooding alone. The report also warns against the outbreak of diseases transmitted by pests whose distribution increases as it gets warmer, such as mosquitoes and other pests. The report warns that the health system must prepare for heatstroke events that may cause death. In addition, due to the increase in heat and population growth, the demand for water will increase while the amount of water in the aquifer will decrease.
In light of the possible effects described in the report, the Minister of Environmental Protection, MK Amir Peretz, ordered an inter-ministerial committee to be convened as soon as possible, chaired by the Director General of the Ministry of Environmental Protection, David Lefler. The committee will have senior representatives from the 16 relevant government ministries, such as the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Housing and Construction, who will determine ways to prepare for climate change and rising temperatures and thus reduce and even prevent the expected damage.
For the first time in Israel, the report draws maps that define flood risk areas and accurately describe streets where the sea level will reach and which communities will be affected by river flooding. Tel Aviv, Acre, Haifa, Bat Yam and other local authorities located next to the coast are in danger from rising sea levels. About 2.5 million people are at high risk due to their residence in the prone areas. In addition, river flooding could endanger approximately 2.8 million Israelis to a high degree. The report recommends erecting barriers to stop floods during a storm and increasing the diameter of the drainage pipes so that they can handle large amounts of water in short periods of time. According to the experts who wrote the report, for every dollar invested in preparing for floods, 8 dollars will be saved in the restoration of the damages and compensations.
The report also warns of a severe shortage of drinking water and states that climate change and rising temperatures will lead to a reduction in rain events that can be used to increase the volume of groundwater. At the same time, population growth and heat will lead to an increase in the demand for water. The report suggests examining the use of runoff water in firefighting and street cleaning, collecting rainwater from the roofs and using it for gardening or injecting it into the groundwater, renewing information on water conservation, especially in schools, providing for the transmission of cellular messages to consumers about concerns about leaks in their home's plumbing, and more. The report recommends that the state institutions provide incentives to encourage green construction. Green residential construction according to the standard saves about 30% of the electricity consumption in an average apartment and about 10% of the water consumption.
In the summer of 2003, a heat wave that hit Europe claimed tens of thousands of deaths due to heat stroke and dehydration. The report warns of similar heat waves that will hit Israel. In addition, the increase in temperatures will lead to the arrival of invasive and especially harmful species, such as mosquitoes, which may cause an outbreak of malaria and intestinal diseases. Today there is no system that checks in real time data on morbidity and mortality that originates from extreme heat or cold events according to local authorities. The report suggests increasing shading in areas where there are many pedestrians in cities, making sure that all public institutions are air-conditioned and ventilated, and that warnings be given to the public against extreme cold or heat waves.
As you may recall, the Ministry of Environmental Protection operated a grant program that reduces greenhouse gas emissions, which are considered among the causes of global warming. The ministry provided financial support to various projects and businesses in 2011-2012 in the amount of NIS 106 million. These were divided into 208 successful projects, including: upgrading air conditioning systems of hospitals and hotels, installing smart and economical lighting in local authorities, replacing scooters of a chain of hamburger restaurants, replacing boilers and setting up solar systems and more. However, in the last budget discussions the Ministry of Finance decided to completely cancel the entire program.
The Knowledge Center for Climate Change Preparedness that prepared the report at the request of the Ministry of Environmental Protection was established by the Ministry at the University of Haifa. Researchers from the University of Haifa, Tel Aviv, the Technion and the Shmuel Na'aman Institute are partners in the center.
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How is the anti-Corona drug that was developed at Ichilov and is it effective?
There are two types of response to a correction request:
A righteous man thinks that if he makes amends with him, then everyone will make amends with them and everything will be fine.
Evil thinks that if he makes amends with him then he will be the only one who makes amends because all the others are evil and will not amend
And then it's not worth fixing for him either.
ZA righteous or wicked - to me what he thinks of others.
The direction of the poles will remain the same.
At most the positive pole will become negative and the negative pole will become positive.
Yiftach
"Man will adapt. Will leave houses in low places. Like the fate of the houses on the receding Kurkar cliff in Sharon." - Are you talking about Netanya, by any chance? I grew up there and lived there for almost 30 years....and believe me: the prices there of the houses that are built about 300 meters from the beach line are among the highest in the country... for your information.
Spring.
Some time ago I saw a program on TV where they talked about how the Earth's poles are going to reverse in the next hundreds of thousands of years. (meaning the North Pole will become South and the South will become North)
They talked there that it would happen gradually when certain places on the planet would be colder and other areas would be warmer. (something related to the Earth's magnetism)
Do you know anything about it? And does this have anything to do with the issue of warming/cooling?
To the Ministry of Industry? The industrialists will bury him there like they buried the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Labor there. It has become the office of the tycoons and maybe that is what you want, for the tycoons to control environmental regulation - a cat that keeps the cream.
I don't know how old you are but winter used to start from September and last until March with rain most of the time. The fact that it starts in December with eruptions is exactly the evidence for Midbor.
Minister Peretz makes strange noises to justify the Ministry of Environmental Protection, which he heads. Minister Peretz is unnecessary and his ministry is also unnecessary. They will abolish the Ministry of Environmental Affairs, which will transfer its functions to the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Industry. Less weird noises from there.
There is no danger of flooding in Israel, neither flooding nor shoes. The sea all over the world is rising at a constant rate of about 3 millimeters per year, this rise has been stable for decades. This is a global increase because the entire sea system in the world is a hydrological system of interconnected vessels (there is no situation where there is a large rise in the Mediterranean sea level or a sea level rise in the sea off the coast of Australia, for example). At this rate of increase, if it continues, by 2100 the sea level all over the world will only rise by 26 cm according to my memory. Even the United Nations Institute for Global Warming declined from this intimidation and pointed to a number of only 26 cm regarding sea level rise. There will not be any massive floods in the world and in Israel until the year 2100 (except for a few isolated places in the world where the ground is only tens of centimeters above sea level, Holland for example if I'm not mistaken).
By the way, regarding climate scares. Two weeks ago we were told that the month of November in Israel broke heat records of about 60 years, and here after two weeks: December is about to break winter records in Israel of 130 years. Hence - all this petty calculation, about a cold month and a hot month, is one of the tricks of statistics (it has no meaning in long periods of time).
The Israeli government, in which the incumbent Haram considers six months ahead as the distant future, has not invested and will not invest a single penny to reduce the inevitable damage. The government's slogan, why should we do something for future generations? What have they ever done for us…
come on. 2.5 million citizens at high risk? A third of the country?
And one more thing. Man is no different from other animals. As for the sea level rise it won't be within a day. It will be in decades at least. Man will adapt. Will leave houses in low places. Like the fate of the houses on the receding Kurkar cliff in Sharon.
The loss of land is not fatal. The pollution, the climate, and other phenomena will affect the quality of life in a much more difficult way.
Amir broke into command. I am not worried.
It is worthwhile and appropriate that those interested in understanding the severity of the problem should review the full report
http://www.sviva.gov.il/InfoServices/NewsAndEvents/MessageDoverAndNews/Documents/2013/ClimateChangeReportAugust2013.pdf