The government approved the latest version of the Climate Bill in a meeting last week of the Ministerial Committee on Legislation. The next step is to present it for a vote in the Knesset plenary immediately after the holidays. If it is successful in passing all three hearings, it will become law. Ordinarily, Israel creating and adopting a climate law should be something to celebrate \u2013 especially for us at Adam Teva V\u2019Din – so why our disappointment?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Timing is everything; the world is running out of time for tackling the climate crisis, yet Israel\u2019s current government has been dragging its feet. Why the sudden surge of activity, in the middle of the holidays and at a time when the Knesset is on summer recess? Attorney and CEO of Adam Teva V\u2019Din, Amit Bracha states, \u201cIt is clear that the rush to advance the Climate Bill at this time is ensure that Israel\u2019s leaders can claim at COP28 that Israel does indeed have a climate law, and that Israel is no longer the last of the OECD member countries to enact climate legislation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bracha explains: \u201cThe bill is far from ambitious in terms of the target and mechanism for reducing GHG \u2013 settling for 30% reduction of GHG by 2030 against 2015.\u201d Adam Teva V\u2019Din lawyers drafted an initial bill which passed first reading in June 2022, that called for 45% reduction in GHG, in line with most countries in the developed world. While other countries are working to lower their GHG emissions, Israel\u2019s GHG emissions actually grew by 3.5% in 2022. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMoreover,\u201d stresses Bracha, \u201cthe bill lacks structure and commitment \u2013 basically, changes in all provisions can be made by government decree and without legislative amendments or parliamentary oversight. The bill is dominated by the Ministries of Energy and Finance, and it lacks budgetary provisions for climate adaptation across the board.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAdam Teva V\u2019Din know we have much work ahead of us. We are already working on our arguments \u2013 and we\u2019ll strive through all avenues to minimize the damage caused by the bill in its current form.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Quickly and quietly Israel’s government is making steps to pass a Climate Law. So why our disappointment?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4267,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"categories":[62],"tags":[118,85,108],"class_list":["post-4266","news_and_updates","type-news_and_updates","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-climate-crisis","tag-legislation","tag-planning"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n