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Environment & Climate Change

News, analysis and commentary from Israel and across the globe on Environment & climate change and its impact on weather, business, politics, rising sea levels, and the food we consume.

The Environment and Climate Change portal is supported by the Goldman Sonnenfeldt School
of Sustainability and Climate Change at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.

 The Ginosar shore.

The Ginosar shore

 Power Energy Reservoirs: Rising Demand in Israel

Mekorot expands renewable energy initiatives with nationwide solar power project

 First Almond Tree of Winter Blooms in Mevo Hama Forest, Golan Heights

First almond blossom signals early spring in Golan Heights

 Greeland's ice sheet is under pressure from human-induced climate change

2024 was the hottest year on record, scientists say

By REUTERS
 Leptodactylus fallax, a species of frog found in Dominica, also known as the Giant Ditch Frog, or the mountain chicken

Ten species facing extinction require monitoring in 2025, according to conservation group

Rescue teams stand amid rubble in the aftermath of an earthquake in a location given as Shigatse City, Tibet Autonomous Region, China, January 7, 2025, in this screengrab obtained from a handout video.

Powerful earthquake kills nearly 100 in Tibet, rattles Nepal

By REUTERS
Professor Yaron Ziv: Perfect example of integrating ecological science with real-world applications.

Prof. Yaron Ziv: Ben-Gurion University’s champion of sustainability and conservation

 Workers clear spilled oil on the coastline following an incident involving two tankers damaged in a storm in the Kerch Strait, in the settlement of Blagoveshchenskaya near the Black Sea resort of Anapa in the Krasnodar region, Russia December 21, 2024.

Russian region declares emergency situation as Black Sea oil spill fallout widens

By REUTERS
 A new species of semi-aquatic mouse.

Over two dozen new species discovered in Peruvian forest

 Haifa Group’s facilities: “Significantly reducing pollution”

The Future of Agriculture: “Green and Precise”

By LIOR NOVIK
Play2Act poster PlanetPlay used to urge gaming studios to join the initiative.

UN collaborates with PlanetPlay to promote sustainable future, climate change through video games

 Members of the indigenous seaborne Bajau Laut community ride in a boat at their settlement in Semporna, Malaysia August 20, 2024

Overfishing and climate change force indigenous Malay populations to abandon traditions

The intelligent western jackdaw, which can be found in Shfelat Yehuda, Beit Guvrin areas.

Looking at the intelligent western jackdaw, which can be found in Shfelat Yehuda, Beit Guvrin areas

By ITSIK MAROM
 A bee in action

Millions of bees killed daily on highways across US

Just Stop Oil protesters endanger rare lichen during vandalism attack on Stonehenge

Two climate activists charged with spraying paint on UK's Stonehenge

By REUTERS
 Mekorot CEO Amit Lang.

Mekorot expands renewable energy operations with new solar installations

 People attend the United Nations climate change conference COP29 opening in Baku, Azerbaijan November 11, 2024.

Global CO2 emissions to hit record high in 2024, report says

By REUTERS
Some of the 'Cool Globes' on display near Jerusalem's O;d City in 2013 to raise awareness of climate change.

Majority of Israelis are concerned about climate change, and the environment - survey

 EXPLORING MATANUSKA Glacier near the envisioned healing resort, symbolizing the resilience and power of nature.

Alaska: A journey of environmental resilience with lessons for Israel

By NOAM BEDEIN
 Sustainable carnival

A sustainable carnival: An event for inclusivity and sustainability

 Noah's Ark, large wooden ark on dry land, Noah standing beside, pairs of animals boarding the ark

Noah’s ark: Lessons for humanity’s survival in a changing world

By YOSSEF BEN-MEIR MARRAKECH
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