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The Best of times, The Worst of times
Hugh forest fires that left hundreds homeless and caused over a billion shekels in damages highlighted the ability of Israelis to rally in times of adversity, but also fanned sectarian tensions and raised questions about disaster preparations
Follow the money
How will Donald Trump’s economic outlook affect Israel and the world?
If Alona bareket can, so can you
If you had 100 million shekels, how would you invest them? houses, a private jet, jewelry or football? Alona Barkat chose to invest this amount in a football club. If you think about it thoroughly, this choice is very sophisticated, and has implications beyond the success of the Hapoel Beer Sheva football club, owned by Barket.
Israel can benefit from climate change
Israel takes pride in its technological knowledge, and was among the first countries that signed the Treaty of Paris, but in practice – Israel’s energy consumption only increases while renewable energy is not. This lack of attention will result in missed opportunities for the state of Israel.
Why Israel needs to promote its global Cleantech industry?
Israel was recently recognized as a global leader in Cleantech innovation; A major barrier for Israel start-ups to leverage this innovation into competitive global industry is the lack of available funding of commercial projects at the after the technology had already been proven. This article reviews the Israel Cleantech innovations and recommendations for implementing a national policy for the global Cleantech industry is suggested.
Israel should join the fourth industrial revolution
Advanced manufacturing is the integration of new technologies in order to optimize and improve the processes of using them to manufacturing. Implying these technologies in Israel will enable Israel industry achieve three crucial goals: the upgrading of the traditional industries, extending our new start-ups to manufacture and grow new large knowledge based manufacturing industries and integrate our hi-tech industries towards cooperation in the global growth of advanced manufacturing systems.
Climate change: stop talking, start doing
Israel has recently signed, ceremoniously, the COP21 climate agreement in New York. But what the worth the glamorous pictures if the state of Israel actually does not invest any money in preparing for climate change?
How can the State lead energy saving?
The Ministry of Energy encourages significant savings in the country’s energy economy, by tenders for replacing old equipment with new, but there is still much to do.
A new document issued by the Samuel Neaman Institute in the field of energy efficiency recommends what more should be done.
