The Knesset has approved Israel’s first comprehensive Clean Air Law, a bill initiated and drafted by Adam Teva V’Din. The decision to prepare a Clean Air Law was driven by the findings of an earlier strategic collaboration among the US EPA, Israel’s Environment Ministry and Adam Teva V’Din.
After many months of campaigning, the Ministry of Environmental Protection adopted the bill as a government bill. It was passed with diverse and opposing political factions coming together to push the law through. The Ministry is allowed three years for ‘preparing staff, skills and budgets’ for implementing the law, thus the law will be known as the Clean Air Law (2011).
The Clean Air Law (2011) is Israel’s first comprehensive environmental law built around the need to safeguard public health. It sets goals for reducing air pollution from all sources. Restrictions are imposed on industries, power plants, and transportation.
The law requires the Ministry of Environmental Protection to draft and renew every five years a comprehensive National Air Quality Strategy updating air pollution reduction targets.
