Climate

Israeli companies that miss the climate split at Davos will pay a heavy price - opinion

The divide is not between those who accept climate science and those who reject it but between two business approaches.

US President Donald Trump walks during the 56th annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, Switzerland, January 22, 2026
The implications go beyond farming efficiency: Prof. Ilya Gelfand's research in Hatzeva.

How a Ben-Gurion University scientist is filling climate science’s biggest blank spots

An aerial view of the Jordan River flowing along the border between Israel and Jordan. Environmental experts are pushing for a plan that could build environmentally sustainable interdependence among countries in the region.

Environmental cooperation emerges as cornerstone for Middle East peace, experts say

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump delivers remarks on the US economy and affordability at the Mount Airy Casino Resort in Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania, US December 9, 2025.

Trump administration to dissolve key climate research agency


The real cost of climate delay: Storm Byron is an economic warning for Israel - opinion

Storm Byron should be understood not only as a meteorological event, but as a strategic signal of the climate reality we now inhabit.

An Israeli flag flutters as a thunderstorm rages in the Golan Heights, northern Israel, December 6, 2025

Digital storytelling will decide if the world is ready for Israeli climate tech - opinion

Innovation alone does not bridge the gap between what founders create and what decision-makers choose to purchase.

Oxfam activists wearing big head masks depicting world leaders stage a "Sleeping on the Job" protest to criticize the inadequacy of decisions made by the world?s largest economies in combating the climate crisis, ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP30 in Belem, Brazil, November

Australia PM says formal deal reached for Turkey to host COP31 climate summit

Turkey will host the COP31 climate summit in 2026, with Australia leading negotiations and advancing Pacific climate priorities ahead of the talks.

Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese attends a plenary session on the opening day of the G20 Leaders' Summit at the Nasrec Expo Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa, November 22, 2025.

Turkey proposes joint COP31 leadership to end host standoff with Australia, sources say

Australia and Turkey both submitted bids in 2022 to host COP31, and neither has withdrawn, leading to an attention-sapping impasse that must be overcome at this year's COP30 meeting.

Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan shakes hands with Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese before a MIKTA photo session amidst the G20 leaders' summit in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, November 15, 2022.

UN: Global emissions set to fall 12% by 2035, but still short of climate target

The revised figure represents progress from the expected 10% reduction announced on October 28.

A loan wind turbine spins as exhaust plumes from cooling towers at the Jaenschwalde lignite coal-fired power station, which is owned by Vatenfall, April 12, 2007 at Jaenschwalde, Germany.

Tens of millions invested: Bar-Ilan University launches world-class innovative R&D labs

NetZero Ventures and the National Energy Storage Institute launched labs at Bar-Ilan University to boost energy and climate tech development and commercialization with tens of millions invested.

Technion Labs

Could a cosmic catastrophe have altered earth's ancient climate?

Researchers found shocked quartz indicating a comet explosion linked to megafaunal extinctions and the clovis culture's collapse.

Illustration: Neowise comet C2020 F3 as it flies overhead over Ottawa, Canada.

Ancient DNA Reveals Mastodons Were Shaped by Ice Age Climate Swings

New genetic evidence uncovers repeated waves of dispersal and surprising diversity among North America’s Ice Age giants.

An adult mastodon consuming a spruce branch set against a backdrop illustrating their cyclical continental migrations linked to climate fluctuations.

Afghanistan earthquake death toll tops 2,200, survivors face aid crunch

The tremor, at a depth of 10 km (six miles), followed the earlier quakes that flattened villages in Kunar and Nangarhar provinces, left tens of thousands homeless, and injured more than 3,600 people.

Rescue workers clear debris of a damaged house after a deadly magnitude-6 earthquake that struck Afghanistan, in Mazar Dara, Kunar province, Afghanistan, September 2, 2025.

COP30 absence: Can Israel maintain its global climate impact? - opinion

Israel's official absence from COP30 this year should be seen as a wake-up call by the country’s climate and development community.

One of the recent fires rages in the Eshtaol Forest in the Jerusalem Hills region.