Land use planning in Israel involves a complex set of challenges due to our socio-economic, environmental and geographical conditions. Adam Teva V’Din represents the public interest in planning matters as the national environmental watchdog and as representatives of the environmental movement on the Planning Authority’s key committees. 

As advocates, we have secured through the courts numerous victories, including the public’s rights of free access to municipal beaches and parks, and we work continuously to ensure that the Coastal Protection Law is updated and enforced. 

Our legal interventions have led to the overturning of housing plans on contaminated sites and forced the cancellation of expansion of polluting petrochemical industries in Haifa Bay.

As representatives of the public interest, these days we are working hard to advance Israel’s response to the climate crisis, and that measures to ensure climate resilience are integrated into Israel’s national planning system.