In 2015, the Association for Environmental Justice in Israel (AEJI) initiated a research project on climate justice with German funding that gained global recognition, and our position paper was presented on the UN Climate Conference at the end of that year in Paris.

The summer of 2015 was defined as the ‘warmest summer in the world’ since measurements began about one hundred and sixty years ago, and in Israel at the end of October, extreme rain events were experienced in their intensity and duration. Despite all this, the understanding of the meaning of living under the threat of extreme climate events that have become routine in our region, and the necessity of changing habits towards low carbon economy and reducing energy consumption had not yet penetrated then.

Discussing the map of interests, global and local, whose close familiarity with its topography can make it possible to address barriers effectively, such as dismantling monopolies, removing bureaucracy and opening the network to the flow of ‘clean energy’, literally; and moving towards better governance in politically dealing with the climate........

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