Negative attitudes towards Israel due to the war in Gaza has caused a number of countries to refuse to participate in the country’s panels at the COP29 climate conference, an Israeli NGO has said.
Hesitation from the international community towards collaborating with Israeli organisations at UN climate conferences is not unprecedented, but this year it is markedly worse, according to Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael-Jewish National Fund (KKL-JNF).
“Due to the war, we have received a lot of negative answers about participating in our panel in COP29,” said Noah Tal, the director of the strategic planning division at the eco-Zionist NGO, which acts as Israel’s national forestry service and promotes sustainable development in the country.
“We are in the middle of wartime and we have to maintain open dialogue, we have to keep communication open and we have to listen to one another,” she added.
