COP26

PM Benjamin Netanyahu has an insurance policy - it's called Israel's opposition – opinion

Whoever succeeds the current prime minister will need to preserve what he helped build, repair what he broke, and govern with a broad understanding of local and global politics

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sarah attend the Likud Party's election campaign opening event in Jerusalem, Jan 21, 2020.
 US President Joe Biden boards Air Force One en route to Hagerstown from Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, US, October 7, 2022.

Biden to travel to Egypt, Cambodia and Indonesia for November summits

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Israel’s UN Climate Tech Delegation for COP27 announced

PRIME MINISTER Naftali Bennett addresses the UN Climate Conference in Glasgow on Monday.

What will it take to make Israel the Climate Innovation Nation?


Climate misinformation on Facebook abundant, on the rise -study

Facebook has been used to spread COVID-related misinformation, propagate a diversity of conspiracy theories and even influence democratic elections.

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Interfaith leaders urge UN’s COP26 to adopt Plant Based Treaty

Over 100 interfaith leaders called on the COP26 Climate Summit delegates to adopt a vegan and plant-based lifestyle as a companion to the Paris Agreement.

A TV camera is pictured during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain October 31, 2021.

My Word: A change in climate

We don’t need more hot air from politicians and recycled slogans. Laws and regulations are worthless if they are not implemented and enforced.

 Israelis attend a rally last year in Tel Aviv calling for action against the climate crisis.

Climate change not as urgent a threat as nuclear Iran - opinion

When Prime Minister Naftali Bennett this week raised the Iranian danger in meetings with world leaders at the UN Climate Conference in Glasgow, no one was really listening.

WORLD LEADERS pose for a group photo on Monday at the UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow.

COP26: A climate carnival to remember and ridicule - opinion

The 400 private planes parked nearby also made a mockery of the whole circus, as did the numerous delegate-laden commercial jets flying to various airports in the UK.

 An image of Earth is projected on the venue for COP26 summit in Glasgow, Scotland Britain, November 1, 2021.

US, Canada among 20 countries to stop financing fossil fuels abroad

By covering all fossil fuels, including oil and gas, the deal goes further than a pledge made by G20 countries this year to halt overseas financing for just coal.

 An image of Earth is projected on the venue for COP26 summit in Glasgow, Scotland Britain, November 1, 2021.

Promises, skepticism and a sense of desperation at COP26 - eyewitness

Attending the Glasgow climate-change conference is a cross between being an optimist on the Titanic and Noah’s wood-cutters.

 Israel's Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, U.S. President Joe Biden and Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson chat as they attend an evening reception to mark the opening day of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain November 1, 2021.

UK Chief Rabbi praises Bennett’s coalition for promoting Jewish unity

EcoSynagogue initiative seeks to recruit UK Jewish communities in fighting climate change.

 Rabbis of the EcoSynagogue steering committee, with Rabbi David Mason in the middle, Board of Deputies CEO Michael Wegier, and Board of Deputies Social Action Manager Anthony Silkoff.

Bennett at COP26: Israeli startups should focus energy on climate change

The conference has been hailed by some international leaders as the “last, best hope” to produce policy needed to keep global warming within 1.5 degrees Celsius during this century.

 Prime Minister Naftali Bennett speaking at the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, November 1, 2021.

Bennett mocked on social media for untailored suit worn at COP26

"Are there no tailors in Israel?" one Twitter user jokingly asked as social media's attention was immediately drawn to Bennett's suit.

 Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, November 1, 2021.