Paris Agreement

How a Trump win could cost the world $900 billion

This surge in emissions would effectively cancel out the environmental benefits gained from implementing wind, solar, and other clean energy technologies worldwide over the past five years, twice.

Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at the Georgia Republican Party convention in Columbus, Georgia, US June 10, 2023.
Tar pollution near the shore of Israel

Israeli economy still dependent on fossil fuels – report

BIRDS FLY near factory emissions n Tangshan, China, in 2016. Waskow emphasizes the importance of using religion to fight climate change

50% chance of surpassing catastrophic climate change threshold within 5 years - study

 The European headquarters of the United Nations is pictured in Geneva, Switzerland, September 2, 2021.

Climate change risks 'runaway' humanitarian crisis, aid system collapse, UN warns


World scrambles to contain damage as greenhouse gas levels hit record

The stakes for the planet - among them the impact on economic livelihoods the world over and the future stability of the global financial system.

Greenhouse gases

Protecting the ozone layer prevented Earth from heating by 3.5°C - study

New research has shown that had the 1987 Montreal Protocol not limited the damages made to the ozone layer, the world would now already be experiencing the worst-case scenario for climate change.

 A person holds inflatable Earth as climate activists including Extinction Rebellion and Fridays for Future stage a protest demanding more action whilst G20 climate and environment ministers hold a meeting in Naples, Italy, July 22, 2021.

'Doctors For Extinction Rebellion' rally at WHO headquarters in Geneva

The Extinction Rebellion movement has amassed a doctors collective to engage in "civil disobedience" for the purpose of bringing about changes in environmental policies.

PROTESTERS SIT during the Extinction Rebellion protest on Waterloo Bridge in London last month.

John Kerry: Climate change top priority for Joe Biden administration

"President Biden knows that we have to be mobilized in unprecedented ways to meet a challenge that is fast accelerating."

US Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks on Middle East peace at the Department of State in Washington December 28, 2016

Joe Biden begins term with series of executive orders

Some of his 15 executive orders reversed the actions of his predecessor, Donald Trump, while others were extensions of them.

US PRESIDENT Joe Biden signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House on Wednesday, after his inauguration as the 46th president of the United States.

Joe Biden's day one: Two issues that have galvanized Jewish voters

Many will reverse the policies of the Trump administration. Biden will reportedly seek to rejoin the Paris climate accord, enact new measures aimed at combating the coronavirus pandemic

President-elect Joe Biden delivers remarks at the Major Joseph R. "Beau" Biden III National Guard/Reserve Center in New Castle, Del., Jan. 19, 2021

Solar energy will help us strengthen Israeli-Arab peace, Netanyahu says

"Israel is completely committed to the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy by the year 2050," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at the International Climate Change Committee.

A worker walks next to parabolic mirrors at the research site of solar power company Brenmiller Energy near Dimona

EPA chief to 'Post': U.S. 'leading by example' on environmental issues

"The Paris climate accord was unfair as far as trade is concerned, and the US was penalized through the Paris climate accord," said EPA chief Andrew Wheeler.

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler speaks to 'The Jerusalem Post' at the US Embassy in Jerusalem.

Israel reaffirms its commitment to Paris Agreement

"The decision made by the United States to withdraw from the Paris Agreement will not lead us to withdraw from it as well," Environmental Protection Minister Zeev Elkin said.

The annual climate change march taking place on Friday in Tel Aviv

Trump administration notifies U.N. of planned Paris climate accord exit

Environmental groups said they hoped Trump would be defeated in 2020 by a rival who would re-join the agreement with bold new targets.

US President Donald Trump pauses as he announces his decision that the United States will withdraw from the landmark Paris Climate Agreement, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, US, June 1, 2017.

Google funds climate-change deniers – report

"When it comes to regulation of technology, Google has to find friends wherever they can and I think it is wise that the company does not apply litmus tests to who they support," a source said.

An iceberg floats near the Wahlenberg Glacier in Oscar II land at Spitsbergen in Svalbard, Norway, August 5, 2019.