02/09/2021 - International Relations

KEY POINTS

·        In California and Canada, temperatures reached unthinkable records of above 50 degrees Celsius.

·        The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 2021 analysis shows that the window of opportunity to limit temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius to avoid the worst impacts of climate change is closing.

·        In India, the Himalayan glaciers, the source of major rivers and aquifers supplying water to hundreds of millions of Indians, are disappearing at an alarming rate.

·        India has made enormous investments in renewable energy sources, to increase the use of solar, wind, biomass, waste, and hydropower energies.

·        Israel has learned to establish agriculture in the desert and arid areas, to recycle 90 per cent of its wastewater, and to desalinate drinking water.

·        It has cultivated a groundbreaking industry of animal protein substitutes, and knows how to preserve forests in conditions of drought and aridity.

·        Products such as poultry, milk, eggs and more are being produced in laboratories using methods that emit almost no greenhouse gases.

·        Israel’s climate innovation also provides solutions in the fields of compressed-air energy storage, energy generation from sea waves.

·        It is clear to everyone today that there is not one single country, strong and developed as it may be, that can cope with this unprecedented crisis alone.

·        The only way to do this is by working together, sharing information and experience, and providing mutual support.

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