A few days before the opening of COP26, Israel has decided to put the climate at the heart of its concerns.
The government on Sunday made the fight against global warming a priority of “national security” and pledged to “facilitate” investments in green energies.
Last June, the new coalition government led by Naftali Bennett had already set the country the goal of reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by 27% by 2030 and by 85% by 2050, compared to 2015 level.
Delay on public transport
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 the Prime Minister, who is due to attend COP26, to be held on October 31. to November 12 in Scotland. His government will also announce "series of actions" in this direction.
Israel wants to build on the success of many companies in cybersecurity, defense and fintech, 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, for his part accused previous governments of having "dragged their feet" on this issue.
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