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

Israeli President Isaac Herzog first disclosed Biden's visit to Egypt during a meeting with the US president in the Oval Office on Wednesday.

 US President Joe Biden boards Air Force One en route to Hagerstown from Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, US, October 7, 2022.
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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?

 US President Joe Biden tours the Lost Valley neighborhood in Manville, New Jersey, that was impacted by Hurricane Ida in September.

The world’s concern with global warming


Israel is an important part of the climate solution - opinion

The Middle East was assigned an important role in confronting the global climate conference.

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

Climate change: What do trees have to do with climate?

Cutting down trees contributes to climate change because it depletes forests, which absorb CO2. If that doesn't happen, scientists say that the gas contributes to global warming.

 TREES IN Ramat Gan’s little forest next to its national park.

Climate change: Action, not political hot air, will cut carbon emissions - opinion

Actual investments in nuclear, carbon capture, wind and hydro will do much more for our planet than world leaders getting together via private jet to make goals without plans

 DELEGATES CONFERRING at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow earlier this month.

Letters to the Editor, November 15, 2021: Our land

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

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Lackluster COP26 deal shows Israel can 'continue to falter'

The last-minute changes made to the Glasgow Climate Pact have Israeli activists worried as Israel continues to make insufficient climate progress.

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

COP26 agrees on deal aimed at averting climate catastrophe, after late drama

The two-week conference in Glasgow, which extended into an extra day of tortuous negotiations, was the 26th of its kind but the first to call for a reduction in fossil fuels.

 Delegates sit during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain, November 1, 2021.

UN climate summit reaches carbon markets deal

Alok Sharma delayed a public meeting in the plenary hall, saying negotiators needed more time as COP26 overran by a day.

 Delegates sit during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain, November 1, 2021.

China, Saudi seek to block anti-fossil fuel language in UN climate deal

Saudi Arabia is a major crude producer and the de facto head of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries.

Saudi Energy Minister, Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud speaks during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain, November 10, 2021.

Current global temperature rises ‘unprecedented’ over last 24,000 years - study

The study showed that over the last 150 years, rates of temperature rise surpassed the rate of changes in climate from more than the last 24,000 years.

 The sky over Jerusalem painted red and filled with smoke following a massive forest fire raging out in a forest near Beit Meir, outside of Jerusalem on August 15, 2021.

COP26: What's in the new draft deal of the UN climate summit?

Here's what the draft, drawn up by the British hosts of COP26, includes.

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

Where does Israel stand in the battle for energy?

The business of keeping Europe supplied with non-renewable energy has developed into a series of fierce political struggles.

 A photograph taken with a drone of a solar power tower on a solar farm near Kibbutz Ashalim in the Negev desert on October 23.