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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif in Geneva, Switzerland, in 2015. Credit: U.S. Mission/Eric Bridiers.

John Kerry to visit Jerusalem as part of Mideast working trip

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John Kerry, U.S. special presidential envoy for climate, will visit Jerusalem as part of a May 31 to June 7 trip that will also take him to Amman, Dubai and Oslo, the U.S. State...

Herzog in Egypt for COP27 climate change conference

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Israeli President Isaac Herzog arrived in Egypt on Monday at the head of the Israeli delegation to the 2022 U.N. Climate Change Conference (COP27). “The Middle East faces mighty challenges. In my speech, I will...
Israel's Environmental Protection Minister Tamar Zandberg speaks at a climate conference in Tel Aviv on April 6, 2022. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

Israeli government approves country’s first climate bill

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Israel’s Ministerial Committee for Legislation on Sunday approved the country’s first climate protection bill, which aims to shift the country towards a zero-emissions economy by 2050. The draft legislation, which was submitted by the Environmental...
Israeli Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked speaks at Channel 12's "influencers' conference" in Jerusalem, March 7, 2022. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

International Women’s Day is an intersectional joke

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Like all knocking-on-open-door phenomena, the annual hoopla surrounding International Women’s Day on March 8 is celebrated most where it’s not required: in Western democracies. Israel is no exception. To mark the utterly pointless fest, Israel’s Channel...

Israeli startups zoom in on climate tech

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The acceleration of ecological erosion has made it feel like the planet is on a runaway train. While there has been a lot of goodwill and flowery language dedicated to mitigating and even reversing...
Experts from the European Union, Egypt, Germany, Israel, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates and Morocco in the second part of “Regional Climate Innovation Roundtables,” focusing on food security amid desertification in the Middle East, Nov. 16, 2021. Credit: Courtesy.

EU roundtables focuses on desertification, food security across Middle East

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Representatives from the European Union, the Peres Center for Peace and Innovation, and Frontier RNG met on Tuesday as part of  “Regional Climate Innovation Roundtables” on food security in the face of desertification with...
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Chill out about global warming

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At the United Nations Climate Summit (aka COP26) last week in Glasgow, U.S. President Joe Biden declared that climate change is “the existential threat to human existence as we know it.” Based on that...
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson (left), Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (center) and United Nations Secretary- General António Guterres share a stage at the 26th U.N. Climate Change Convention (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, Nov. 1, 2021.

Red carpet, red lines and red flags: Israel’s race to the climate change agenda

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Israel sent a 140-person delegation to the 26th U.N. Climate Change Convention (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, this week led by Prime Minister Naftali Bennett. The 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference is being hailed...
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Archbishop of Canterbury apologizes for comparing climate to Nazi Germany

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The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby apologized on Monday for comparing climate change to Nazi Germany and the Holocaust during the 26th U.N. Climate Change Convention (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland. On Twitter, he posted: “I...
Israeli Environment Minister Tamar Zandberg. Source: Facebook.

‘Israel is positioned to become a leader in green technologies’

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Part of a 140-member Israeli delegation to Glasgow, Scotland, to attend the 26th U.N. Climate Change Convention, Environment Tamar Zandberg tells JNS how she assesses the role that the Jewish state can play in...