climate change

Members of the 'Red Brigade' demonstrate outside the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, demanding Israeli corporations cease profiting off of the climate crisis, October 7, 2019. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)
Climate activists block Tel Aviv Stock Exchange to protest gov’t inaction
Activists from Extinction Rebellion glue themselves to the doors of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange to protest Israeli corporations profiting from global warming. Dozens of Israeli climate activists blocked the entrance to the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange on Monday morning to demand that financial institutions move toward green and sustainable investments. They called upon the Israeli government to join…
By Oren Ziv October 7, 2019
Protesters take part in a demonstration in Tel Aviv as part of the global climate strike, September 27, 2019. (Oren Ziv)
PHOTOS: Thousands protest in Tel Aviv as part of Global Climate Strike
Thousands of Israelis march through central Tel Aviv demanding the government join the U.K., Ireland, France, and Canada in declaring a climate emergency. By Haggai Matar and Oren Ziv Thousands of people marched in central Tel Aviv as part of the global climate strike on Friday, demanding that the government declare a climate emergency. The…
By Haggai Matar September 27, 2019
Palestinian workers seen harvesting squash at a field near Moshav Masua, in the Jordan Valley, by the Israeli-Jordanian border. January 08, 2017. Photo by Yaniv Nadav/FLASH90
From heat waves to ‘eco-apartheid’: Climate change in Israel-Palestine
While Israel's nascent climate justice movement tries to get the public's attention, Palestinians under occupation remain the most vulnerable to the dangerous effects of climate change. Due to the existing power imbalance, however, working together to combat it seems next to impossible.
By +972 Magazine August 8, 2019
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President Peres at the UN Climate Change Conference, Copenhagen. (Photo: GPO)
Reducing greenhouse gas won’t change a thing for Israel’s citizens
If Israel’s government is concerned with climate change and its consequences, it must focus less on reducing the country’s inconsequential greenhouse gas emissions, and more on preparing for the difficulties ahead. By Yossi Loss (translated from Hebrew by Maya Naveh) In Israel’s latest budget plan, the item dedicated to reducing greenhouse gas emissions has been cancelled, arousing…
By Haokets May 25, 2013
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