news
News in Israel
Biden's knock on the table woke Israel.
Now she is beginning to align with the world
Biden's climate summit will restart the international system and Netanyahu has also set a hopeful vision.
But the gaps between Israel and the world are huge and now the heads of the economy, academia and environmental organizations are calling for ambitious climate leadership to implement the commitments.
It will take time, but at least the understanding is starting to seep through
Tags
Climate crisis
Ecological pollution
Noa Steiner
Saturday, May 08, 2021, 11:30 p.m.
Share on Facebook
Share on WhatsApp
Share on general
Share on general
Share on Twitter
Share on Email
0 comments
Lapid: Israel needs unity, believes in the good intentions of ...
Afghanistan: Dozens killed and injured in school attack ...
In the video: Conflicts on the Temple Mount: Praying stones immediately ...
optical illusion
Shock grenade thrown into al-Aqsa Mosque on Temple Mount, 7 ...
Lethal fights in Rio: 25 killed in police operation against ...
A week after the Mount Meron disaster
In the video: US President Boris Johnson talks about ...
In the video: IDF forces on their way to the homes of two of the terrorists in Tul ...
President Rivlin: "Grants the mandate to MK Yair Lapid" ...
Arrested in riots in the Old City, checkpoints set up in the neighborhood ...
Buses with worshipers stopped on their way to the Temple Mount, Road 1 ...
Netanyahu at the summit of the climate: Israel will stop using coal for energy production until 2025 (Photo: Roi Avraham, GPO)
President Biden's climate summit, in which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also spoke about two weeks ago, was a signal from the US administration to the countries of the world about a change of direction from the Trump administration. Cooperation between countries on environmental issues and investment encouragement emphasize the opportunities, but also the gaps in Israel in dealing with the climate crisis.
"Our commitments must be fulfilled," said the President of the United States, who convened on April 22-23 on Earth Day and invited 40 countries' leaders, including Israel. In his remarks, Biden emphasized investments in technological innovation to solve the climate crisis, the creation of large-scale green jobs and the development of cooperation between countries. John Curry, the Special Ambassador for Climate Change, stressed the urgency of making quick decisions ahead of the climate agreement meeting in Glasgow, Scotland this coming November in order to meet the targets of the Paris Agreement to prevent global warming to more than 1.5 degrees Celsius.
In his speech, Netanyahu pledged to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and successfully complete the full transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy in Israel by 2050. He also mentioned the UAE and Bahrain in the context of renewable energy collaborations.
The unfolded vision only sharpened the gap from the existing reality.
More on Walla!
It is not burning for ministers: Israel is one of the few in the West without a proper plan for the climate crisis
To the full article
"In the next decade": The CEOs Committee recommends closing the refineries in Haifa Bay
"Age of Epidemics": The horror scenario of scientists
You can beat the pain by walking with a home-based and comfortable treatment for up to an hour a day
The key: technological innovation and regional cooperation
The Biden era places the issue of tackling the climate crisis of paramount importance, and US diplomatic relations are changing accordingly.
Netanyahu also took pride in his speech on Israeli innovation in agriculture and water, but support for the US initiative with the United Arab Emirates was not mentioned in his speech.
Puts the issue of dealing with the climate crisis of high importance.
Biden speaks at the climate summit, April 22, 2021 (Photo: Reuters)
On the subject of technological innovation in agriculture, the climate conference in which Israel took part is "a welcome event of taking international responsibility for the future of humanity," Agriculture Minister Alon Schuster told Walla !. In the context of promoting innovation in agricultural technology, the Minister emphasized that his office is immediately ready to establish a center for research, development and international knowledge in Israel, for the benefit of preserving and disseminating knowledge in the field of food growing in extreme climatic conditions. In addition, he stressed that the Ministry of Agriculture promotes significant processes to strengthen the fields of agro-ecology and sustainable agriculture and land conservation and thereby greatly contribute to the human family's efforts to preserve the environment and produce food in a sustainable manner. "Of course, more significant budgetary investments are needed for the development of these areas."
The Ministry of Energy told us that they are working to implement a policy to promote renewable energy that promotes agreements with our neighbors and other countries, for the purpose of connecting electricity networks, in large quantities of thousands of megawatts to purchase renewable energy and sell electricity, if there is surplus .
This step was taken in light of the need to meet the 30% renewable energy targets for 2030.
More on Walla!
Walla!
NEWS: This is how the parties pledge to act against the climate crisis
To the full article
Netanyahu's speech at the climate summit is "disappointing silence"
It is clear, however, that despite the ambition, the road is very long.
"The Prime Minister spoke about a vision in which renewable energy and water become the basis for peace in the Middle East, a vision we share with all our hearts, but currently the cooperation with the United Arab Emirates is mainly expressed in an oil pipeline between Eilat and Ashkelon, which will turn Israel into a corridor of polluting infrastructure. The ecosystem in the Red Sea and the Mediterranean, as well as the desalination facilities and the users of the beaches in the southern region, "says Adv. Tami Ganot-Rosenstreich of the Adam Teva VeDin organization to Walla !.
Netanyahu's commitment at the climate summit to a target for 2050 is not backed by compatible legislation.
The petrochemical plants and refineries in Haifa (Photo: Flash 90, Yaniv Nadav)
In addition, as stated, there is a gap between the statements and the actions of the government. Netanyahu's commitment at the climate summit to a target for 2050 is not backed by compatible legislation. There is currently no national government target for Israel for 2050. The only target for renewable energies set so far - 30% renewable energy by 2030, was not passed through binding legislation, but through a government decision and means a 70% dependence on fossil fuels.
Adv. Ganot-Rosenstreich emphasizes that one should listen and listen not only to what was in Netanyahu's speech, but also to what was omitted from his speech - practical steps to implement the commitments. The Minister of Environmental Protection issued a memorandum on climate change to Israel before the climate summit. Formulate an emission reduction plan and a climate change preparedness plan. "The vast majority of OECD countries already have similar and even more ambitious laws.
The speech was Netanyahu's opportunity to declare his commitment to the Israel Climate Law.
But those who really listened to Netanyahu's speech heard mostly a disappointing silence, "says Adv. Ganot-Rosenstreich.
Without a plan - there is no real confrontation
Climate change speeches also raised the issue of nature conservation, and countries such as Germany echoed their commitment to protecting 30% of land and sea.
In Israel, on Earth Day, the first day of the climate summit, the Ministry of Environmental Protection's annual report was submitted to the government by the Directorate for Climate Change. The report's recommendations included the need for the government to recognize the climate crisis as a national strategic threat. Local climate change, as well as a five-year budget of NIS 2.5 billion for the implementation of projects in the immediate term, including over NIS 1 billion to support local authorities in shading urban space by trees, as well as strengthening the resilience and resilience of ecosystems. Preserving biodiversity, protecting ecological corridors and supporting adapting urban drainage systems to extreme weather events.
Garbage and pollution on Palmachim Beach (Photo: Reuven Castro)
Advocate Noa Yayon, Director of the Legal Department and Climate Policy at the Society for the Protection of Nature, emphasized in a conversation with Walla! The importance of nature's contribution to tackling the climate crisis. "The source of the climate crisis is a growing imbalance. And among the minority of natural areas that can absorb and absorb these gases.
"The more nature is destroyed, the more nature's ability to regulate the climate is impaired." According to Adv. Yayon, "it is not possible to deal with the climate crisis without an orderly plan for the preservation and restoration of nature in Israel,
"Conduct in Israel may weaken the competitiveness of the Israeli economy"
At the beginning of the week, the heads of the economy addressed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with a joint demand to establish a directorate to deal with the climate crisis that will sit in the prime minister's office.
This is the Association of Manufacturers in Israel and the Association of Chambers of Commerce, together with many environmental organizations under the umbrella of the organization "Life and Environment" as part of an initiative of Tel Aviv University "Environmental Arena".
Demand to establish a directorate to deal with the climate crisis.
Tar pollution in Tel Dor National Park (Photo: Nature and Parks Authority, Tomer Ofri)
In a letter sent out, the organizations stressed that the climate crisis requires a broad horizontal vision to solve problems intertwined with the powers of a variety of government ministries. They presented, for example, uncoordinated government ministries, and various emission reduction targets between the Ministry of Energy and the Ministry of Environmental Protection. Therefore, according to the authors of the letter, the lack of government coordination and the current conduct in Israel may weaken the competitiveness of the Israeli economy in the near future. "In our view, insufficient weight is given to international trends in the carbon and energy markets, which have a decisive impact on the domestic market."
And yet, despite the gaps, President Biden's summit about two weeks ago and the steps taken by the US administration herald significant structural changes in the government's climate fight.
The change also permeates Israel.
"The establishment of a national climate council in the White House and a committee in the House of Representatives show that managing the crisis requires a horizontal view and a touch of all elements in the administration," said MK Yurai Lahav-Hertzano, chairman of the Knesset's Climate Lobby.
The recommendation of the CEOs' Committee to close the refineries in Haifa Bay and the promotion of the Climate Law are steps that are being taken on the issue. In this long road in which Israel is beginning to march, many more steps will be required.
Share on Facebook
Share on WhatsApp
Share on general
Share on general
Share on Twitter
Share on Email
0 comments