Global warming

China finds bigger role as US sidesteps Brazil climate summit - analysis

China moves to fill the diplomatic void at COP30 as the US skips the summit, leveraging its backstage role to shape global climate talks.

Attendees walk in front of the China Pavilion during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP30) in Belem, Brazil, November 14, 2025.
Global warming: melting glaciers at the poles; snowstorms and freezing temperatures in other regions.

Israeli breakthrough: The technology that could save the planet from global warming

 THE IDEA of surviving a summer in Tel Aviv without aircon was not appealing

Air conditioning: Controlling the weather living in a brutally hot country - comment

Climate activists and campaigners demonstrate outside the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ahead of the reading of an advisory opinion that is likely to determine the course of future climate action across the world, The Hague, Netherlands, July 23, 2025.

In landmark opinion, World Court says countries must address climate change threat


Nations overusing natural resources faster than they replenish them - study

The frightening trend has the potential to affect ecosystems and further the deprivation of resources among impoverished populations.

Burning forest is seen during "Operation Green Wave" to combat illegal logging in the Amazon rainforest

Climate change is raising Earth’s lower atmosphere - study

Greenhouse gas emissions are the primary culprit of the atmospheric rise. As greenhouse gases continue to trap heat in the atmosphere, the rise has continued to record levels.

Moon and Earth’s Atmosphere

China, Saudi seek to block anti-fossil fuel language in UN climate deal

Saudi Arabia is a major crude producer and the de facto head of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries.

Saudi Energy Minister, Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud speaks during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain, November 10, 2021.

Current global temperature rises ‘unprecedented’ over last 24,000 years - study

The study showed that over the last 150 years, rates of temperature rise surpassed the rate of changes in climate from more than the last 24,000 years.

 The sky over Jerusalem painted red and filled with smoke following a massive forest fire raging out in a forest near Beit Meir, outside of Jerusalem on August 15, 2021.

Tel Aviv University to build model for carbon neutrality

The Green Campus Committee, led by TAU president Prof. Ariel Porat, will formulate a strategic plan for reducing greenhouse gas emissions on campus.

 Tel Aviv University Campus

Climate misinformation on Facebook abundant, on the rise -study

Facebook has been used to spread COVID-related misinformation, propagate a diversity of conspiracy theories and even influence democratic elections.

Depiction of Facebook logo

Israeli startup develops balloons to fight global warming

High Hopes Labs developed a balloon system that captures the carbon where it has almost solidified, far above the Earth.

 People hold a balloon during a demonstration by Israeli startup High Hopes Labs who are developing a balloon that captures carbon directly from the atmosphere at a high altitude, in Petah Tikva, Israel November 3, 2021

Climate Change set to impact crop growth by 2030 - study

Under warmer climate conditions, maize crop yields are projected to decline 24%, but wheat production may grow about 17% by 2030.

COLLECTING ONIONS in a field in the Judean Valley. The farmer must let his fields lay fallow during the shmita year.

Bennett at COP26: Israeli startups should focus energy on climate change

The conference has been hailed by some international leaders as the “last, best hope” to produce policy needed to keep global warming within 1.5 degrees Celsius during this century.

 Prime Minister Naftali Bennett speaking at the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, November 1, 2021.

Climate change main cause of US wildfires - study

The researchers who co-authored a study of wildfires said they hadn't expected man-made climate change to surpass natural variability as the main contributor to fire weather until the year 2080.

Firefighters battle a wind-driven wildfire called the Saddle Ridge fire in the early morning hours Friday in Porter Ranch, California, U.S., October 11, 2019.