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Carmit Lubanov

Carmit Lubanov

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Beyond the ‘Art of the Deal’: Why the Levant Needs Climate Realism

Beyond the ‘Art of the Deal’: Why the Levant Needs Climate Realism

For decades, international diplomacy in the Middle East has followed two equally flawed tracks. On one side are the utopian dreamers, proposing grand,...

28.06.2026 40

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Carmit Lubanov

Pass the Ball to the Planet: Why World Cup 2026 Highlights Climate Complexity

Pass the Ball to the Planet: Why World Cup 2026 Highlights Climate Complexity

The world is currently transfixed by the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Across the USA, Canada, and Mexico, billions of fans are united by football. But as we...

24.06.2026 60

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Carmit Lubanov

High-Tech Oases and the Missing Piece of Middle Eastern Climate Resilience

As the Mediterranean summer sharpens into a multi-month crucible of extreme heatwaves and declining water security, a dangerous illusion persists...

19.06.2026 30

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Carmit Lubanov

Weapons vs. Welfare: Why Our Defense Budgets Are Sabotaging Our Climate Survival

We live in a world obsessed with “hard security.” We measure a nation’s safety by the size of its defense budget, the sophistication of its...

16.06.2026 50

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Carmit Lubanov

Environmental Peacebuilding is Dead. Long Live Climate Realism

For decades, the standard textbook for Mediterranean environmental diplomacy was built on a comforting premise known as “environmental...

26.05.2026 70

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Carmit Lubanov

Is it the Economy or a Political Ideology – the Climate Syndrome

To paraphrase the immortal saying of James Carville, “It’s the economy, Stupid,” an advisor to then-presidential candidate Bill Clinton, we...

04.05.2026 60

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Carmit Lubanov

Who is Afraid of Climate Policy?

A decade after the Paris Climate Agreement (2015), in which the world’s countries committed to concrete climate policy objectives, aimed to...

23.04.2026 70

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Carmit Lubanov

The Death of the Pope Who Called for Climate Action

23.04.2025 70

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Carmit Lubanov