The Israeli government on Sunday made the fight against global warming a priority of
“national security”
and pledged to
“facilitate”
investments in green energies, a few days before the opening of COP26.
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“The fight against global warming is a new national security interest for Israel,”
he said in a statement from Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's office.
Last June, the new coalition government led by Bennett set the country the goal of reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by 27% by 2030 and by 85% by 2050, compared to 2015 level.
To reduce its emissions, the Jewish state, which is one of the OECD countries investing the least in public transport, plans in particular to promote less energy-consuming modes of transport.
"Today the government has approved many decisions to promote clean and low carbon modes of transport
,
"
said Naftali Bennett, who is due to attend COP26, to be held from October 31 to November 12 in Scotland.
It is specified that the government was going to announce
“series of actions”
in this direction.
The country wants to build on the success of many companies in the fields of cybersecurity, defense and financial technologies, while the high-tech sector employs just over 10% of the workforce.
"We want to promote innovation and facilitate (the work) of entrepreneurs in the green energy sector
,
"
said Energy Minister Karine Elharrar.
His colleague in the Environment, Tamar Zandberg, accused previous governments of having
"dragged their feet"
on this issue.