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1<#-- used @ Veranstaltung-Detailseite Intro 
2 used @ Publikation-Detailseite Intro 
3--> 
4 
5<#-- 
6Web content templates to display teaser on thema detail page 
7 
8Generic template for detail pages Intro / Teaser element 
9--> 
10<#-- 
11Display the current page title 
12--> 
13<#include "${fullTemplatesPath}/functions/relatedContentUtil.ftl" /> 
14<#include "${fullTemplatesPath}/macros/debugging.ftl" /> 
15 
16<#include "${fullTemplatesPath}/macros/page-modules/PMIntro.ftl" /> 
17<#include "${fullTemplatesPath}/macros/atomic-modules/AMPublicationCarousel.ftl" /> 
18<#include "${fullTemplatesPath}/macros/atomic-modules/AMMetadata.ftl" /> 
19<#include "${fullTemplatesPath}/macros/atomic-modules/AMDatetime.ftl" /> 
20 
21 
22<#-- 
23 renders the Intro for nearly all Pages 
24 TODO: remove Share? (was in the designs, but not anymore?) 
25 TODO: check if languageSelect/filter are working (js) 
26 
27 - portletId 
28 - data = { 
29 "media": string (src from image), 
30 "category": string, 
31 "title": string, 
32 "author": string, 
33 "subheadline": string, 
34 "copy": string, 
35 "filter": { 
36 "id": string, 
37 "name": string, 
38 "entries": Array<Object> ({key:value}), 
39 }, 
40 "languageSelect": { 
41 "id": string, 
42 "name": string, 
43 "entries": Array<Object> ({key:value}), 
44 }, 
45 "meta": { 
46 "pos"; string (top/bottom) 
47 "date": string, 
48 "hash": string, 
49 "info": string, (url) 
50 }, 
51 "share" : { 
52 "login": string, 
53 "print": string, 
54 "mail": string, 
55 "multishare": string?? (tbd) 
56
57 - AMMetadata: macro 
58 - position: String ("top") -> defines wether the meta-data should be rendered above or below the intro-content 
59
60--> 
61 
62<#assign 
63 JournalArticleLocalService = serviceLocator.findService("com.liferay.journal.service.JournalArticleLocalService") 
64 
65 ServiceContext = staticUtil["com.liferay.portal.kernel.service.ServiceContextThreadLocal"].getServiceContext() 
66 DLAPP = serviceLocator.findService("com.liferay.document.library.kernel.service.DLAppLocalService") 
67 
68 themeDisplay = ServiceContext.getThemeDisplay() 
69 editmode = FrontendService.user.isPrivilegedUser(themeDisplay) 
70 
71 languageId = themeDisplay.getLocale() 
72 groupId = themeDisplay.getScopeGroupId() 
73 currentUrl = themeDisplay.getURLCurrent() 
74 
75 layout = themeDisplay.getLayout() 
76 layouttpl = layout.getTypeSettingsProperties().getProperty("layout-template-id") 
77/> 
78 
79<#setting locale="${languageId}"> 
80 
81<#-- get article from url --> 
82 
83<#assign entry = FrontendService.article.getArticleToUrl(currentUrl, groupId?number)! > 
84 
85 
86<#if entry?has_content> 
87 
88 <#if entry.resourcePrimKey??> 
89 <#assign primaryKey = entry.resourcePrimKey?number > 
90 <#elseif entry.classPK??> 
91 <#assign primaryKey = entry.classPK?number > 
92 </#if> 
93 
94 <#assign 
95 jsonString = FrontendService.article.getWebcontent(primaryKey) 
96 json = FrontendService.json.parseAsJson(jsonString) 
97 
98 title = entry.getTitle(languageId) 
99 data = { 
100 "title": title 
101
102 /> 
103 <@debugJsonString jsonString "ADT_KASDE_DYNAMIC_INTRO" /> 
104 
105 <#if hasContent('untertitel', languageId, json)> 
106 <#assign data = data + { "subheadline": getValueForLanguage('untertitel', languageId, json, "first") } > 
107 </#if> 
108 
109 <#if hasContent('beschreibung', languageId, json)> 
110 <#assign data = data + { "copy": getValueForLanguage('beschreibung', languageId, json, "first") } > 
111 </#if> 
112 
113 <#-- fill meta data --> 
114 <#assign meta = {} /> 
115 
116 <#-- PUBLIKATIONEN DETAIL --> 
117 <#if layouttpl?contains("LAYOUT_KASDE_PUBLIKATIONEN_DETAIL")> 
118 
119 <#if hasContent('coverDMTKASDEMEDIUM', languageId, json)> 
120 <#assign 
121 coverBildString = getValueForLanguage('coverDMTKASDEMEDIUM', languageId, json, "first") 
122 /> 
123 
124 <#if coverBildString?has_content> 
125 <#assign 
126 coverBild = FrontendService.json.parseAsJson(coverBildString) 
127 dMTJsonObject = FrontendService.media.getDMTJsonObject( coverBild.groupId?number, coverBild.uuid, locale ) 
128 linkToDMT = FrontendService.media.getImageURLForAMConfiguration('hd-resolution',coverBild.groupId?number, coverBild.uuid ) 
129 data = data + { "media": linkToDMT, "meta" : dMTJsonObject } 
130 /> 
131 <#if dMTJsonObject.altText?? > 
132 <#assign data = data + {"alt" : dMTJsonObject.altText} /> 
133 </#if> 
134 <#if dMTJsonObject.quelle??> 
135 <#assign meta = meta + { "quelle": dMTJsonObject.quelle } /> 
136 </#if> 
137 </#if> 
138 <#-- uncomment to display pdf cover as Intro Image 
139 <#elseif hasContent('document_pdfDMTBASICDOCUMENT', languageId, json)> 
140 <#assign 
141 pdfDocument = getValueForLanguage('document_pdfDMTBASICDOCUMENT', languageId, json, "first") 
142 fileEntry = FrontendService.media.getFileEntry(pdfDocument.uuid, groupId?number)!/> 
143 <#if fileEntry?has_content> 
144 <#assign 
145 linkToThumbnail = FrontendService.link.getThumbnailSrc(fileEntry , themeDisplay) 
146 data = data + { "media": linkToThumbnail } 
147 /> 
148 </#if> 
149 --> 
150 </#if> 
151 
152 <#assign 
153 meta = meta + { "orderInfo": "true" } 
154 verbundJournalArticle = FrontendService.publication.getVerbundToPublikation( entry )!"" 
155 /> 
156 
157 
158 
159 <#if hasContent('erscheinungsdatum', languageId, json)> 
160 <#assign 
161 erscheinungsdatum = getValueForLanguage('erscheinungsdatum', languageId, json, "first") 
162 /> 
163 <#if erscheinungsdatum?has_content > 
164 <#assign 
165 erscheinungsdatumFormatted = FrontendService.date.getDateFormatLong( erscheinungsdatum, languageId ) 
166 meta = meta + { "date": erscheinungsdatumFormatted } 
167 /> 
168 </#if> 
169 </#if> 
170 
171 <#if verbundJournalArticle?has_content> 
172 <#assign 
173 verbundJsonString = FrontendService.article.getWebcontent(verbundJournalArticle.resourcePrimKey) 
174 verbundJson = FrontendService.json.parseAsJson(verbundJsonString) 
175 laufendenummer = getValueForLanguage('laufendenummer', languageId, verbundJson, "first") 
176 coverImg = getValueForLanguage('mediumDMTKASDEMEDIUM', languageId, verbundJson, "first") 
177 /> 
178 <@debugJsonString verbundJsonString "ADT_KASDE_DYNAMIC_INTRO-verbundJournalArticle" /> 
179 <#assign meta = meta + { "laufendenummer": laufendenummer } > 
180 
181 <#if coverImg?has_content && coverImg.url?has_content > 
182 <#assign meta = meta + { "coverImg": coverImg.url } > 
183 </#if> 
184 </#if> 
185 
186 
187 <#if meta?has_content> 
188 <#assign data = data + {"meta": meta } > 
189 </#if> 
190 
191 </#if> 
192 <#-- PUBLIKATIONEN DETAIL END --> 
193 
194 
195 <#-- VERANSTALTUNGEN DETAIL --> 
196 <#if layouttpl?contains("LAYOUT_KASDE_VERANSTALTUNGEN_DETAIL")> 
197 <#assign 
198 friendlyUrl = FrontendService.article.getFriendlyUrl(primaryKey, languageId, groupId)!"" 
199 languages = entry.getAvailableLanguageIds() 
200 links = [] 
201 /> 
202 <#if languages?has_content && friendlyUrl?has_content> 
203 <#if (languages?size > 1) > 
204 <#list languages as language> 
205 <#assign 
206 defaultLanguage = "de_DE" 
207 defaultLocale = FrontendService.language.getLocaleByKey(defaultLanguage) 
208 linkLocale = (FrontendService.language.getLocaleByKey(language))!defaultLocale 
209 langFriendlyUrl = FrontendService.article.getFriendlyUrl(primaryKey, linkLocale, groupId) 
210 
211 link = { 
212 "key": language!defaultLanguage, 
213 "value": linkLocale.getDisplayLanguage(languageId), 
214 "url": "/c/portal/update_language?p_l_id=" + 
215 layout.plid + "&redirect=" + langFriendlyUrl + 
216 "&languageId=" + language 
217
218 /> 
219 <#if language == languageId> 
220 <#assign link = link + { "selected": "true" } > 
221 </#if> 
222 <#assign links = links + [link]> 
223 </#list> 
224 <#assign 
225 data = data + { 
226 "languageSelect": { 
227 "id": "languageSelectRedirect", 
228 "name": "languageselectRedirect", 
229 "entries": links, 
230 "label": languageUtil.get(languageId, "diese.veranstaltung.ist.in.weiteren.sprachen.verfuegbar") 
231
232
233 /> 
234 </#if> 
235 </#if> 
236 </#if> 
237 
238 <#if hasContent('erscheinungsdatum', languageId, json)> 
239 <#assign 
240 startdate = getValueForLanguage('erscheinungsdatum', languageId, json, "first") 
241 meta = meta + { "start": startdate?date.iso, "end": "" } 
242 /> 
243 </#if> 
244 
245 <#if hasContent('startdatum', languageId, json)> 
246 <#assign 
247 startdate = getValueForLanguage('startdatum', languageId, json, "first") 
248 meta = meta + { "start": startdate?date.iso, "end": "" } 
249 /> 
250 </#if> 
251 
252 <#if hasValue('einfuehrungText', locale, json)> 
253 <#assign data = data + { "einfuehrungText" : getValueForLanguage('einfuehrungText', locale, json, "first") } > 
254 <#elseif hasValue(FrontendService.article.getFieldNameByReferenceName(primaryKey, 'einfuehrungText'), locale, json, "first")> 
255 <#assign data = data + { "einfuehrungText" : getValueForLanguage(FrontendService.article.getFieldNameByReferenceName(primaryKey, 'einfuehrungText'), locale, json, "first") } > 
256 </#if> 
257 
258 <#if hasContent('endedatum', languageId, json)> 
259 <#assign 
260 enddate = getValueForLanguage('endedatum', languageId, json, "first") 
261 meta = meta + { "end": enddate?date.iso } 
262 /> 
263 </#if> 
264 
265 <#if hasContent('startzeit', languageId, json)> 
266 <#assign 
267 startzeit = getValueForLanguage('startzeit', languageId, json, "first") 
268 /> 
269 <#if startzeit?has_content > 
270 <#assign meta = meta + { "startzeit": startzeit } /> 
271 </#if> 
272 </#if> 
273 
274 <#if hasContent('endezeit', languageId, json)> 
275 <#assign 
276 endezeit = getValueForLanguage('endezeit', languageId, json, "first") 
277 meta = meta + { "endezeit": endezeit } 
278 /> 
279 </#if> 
280 
281 <#if hasContent('ortWCSKASDEORT', languageId, json)> 
282 <#assign 
283 ortWCSKASDEORT = FrontendService.json.parseAsJson(getValueForLanguage('ortWCSKASDEORT', languageId, json, "first")) 
284 ortWCSKASDEORTPrimaryKey = ortWCSKASDEORT.classPK?number 
285 ortWCSKASDEORTWebContent = FrontendService.article.getWebcontentByPk(ortWCSKASDEORTPrimaryKey)!"" 
286 /> 
287 <#if ortWCSKASDEORTWebContent?has_content > 
288 <#assign 
289 ortWCSKASDEORTTitle = ortWCSKASDEORTWebContent.getTitle(languageId)!"" 
290 /> 
291 <#if ortWCSKASDEORTTitle?has_content > 
292 <#assign 
293 meta = meta + { "ortWCSKASDEORT": ortWCSKASDEORTTitle } 
294 /> 
295 </#if> 
296 </#if> 
297 </#if> 
298 
299 
300 <#if hasContent('veranstaltungsnummer', languageId, json)> 
301 <#assign 
302 verauuid = getValueForLanguage('veranstaltungsnummer', languageId, json, "first") 
303 meta = meta + { "verauuid": verauuid } 
304 /> 
305 </#if> 
306 
307 
308 <#if (data.meta)?has_content > 
309 <#assign meta = data.meta /> 
310 </#if> 
311 
312 <#if !(data.media)?has_content && hasContent('mediumDMTKASDEMEDIUM', languageId, json)> 
313 <#assign 
314 medium = getValueForLanguage('mediumDMTKASDEMEDIUM', languageId, json, "first") 
315 mediaData = getRelatedMediaObject(medium, themeDisplay, languageId, FrontendService, "hd-resolution") 
316 /> 
317 <#assign data = data + { "media": mediaData.url , "meta" : mediaData.meta} > 
318 
319 
320 <#if mediaData.meta?? && mediaData.meta.quelle??> 
321 <#assign meta = meta + data.meta + { "quelle": mediaData.meta.quelle } /> 
322 </#if> 
323 </#if> 
324 
325 
326 <#if meta?has_content> 
327 <#assign data = data + {"meta": meta } > 
328 </#if> 
329 
330 <#-- END fill meta data --> 
331 
332 <#if hasContentForSequence('autorenWCSKASDEPERSON', languageId, json)> 
333 <#assign 
334 journalArticles = getValueForLanguageAnsprechpartner('autorenWCSKASDEPERSON', languageId, json) 
335 authors = [] 
336 /> 
337 <#list journalArticles as articleString> 
338 <#assign article = FrontendService.json.parseAsJson(articleString) /> 
339 <#if article?has_content && article?is_hash && article.classPK??> 
340 <#assign articleDereferenced = FrontendService.person.resolveContactInstanceToPerson(article, languageId)!"" /> 
341 <#if articleDereferenced?has_content > 
342 <#assign 
343 author = "" 
344 articlePrimaryKey = articleDereferenced.classPK?number 
345 articleJsonString = FrontendService.article.getWebcontent(articlePrimaryKey) 
346 articleJson = FrontendService.json.parseAsJson(articleJsonString) 
347 /> 
348 <@debugJsonString articleJsonString "ADT_KASDE_DYNAMIC_INTRO-autorenWCSKASDEPERSON" /> 
349 <#if hasValue('anredetitel', languageId, articleJson)> 
350 <#assign author = author + getValueForLanguage('anredetitel', languageId, articleJson, " ") + " "> 
351 </#if> 
352 <#if hasValue('vorname', languageId, articleJson)> 
353 <#assign author = author + getValueForLanguage('vorname', languageId, articleJson, " ") + " "> 
354 </#if> 
355 <#if hasValue('nachname', languageId, articleJson)> 
356 <#assign author = author + getValueForLanguage('nachname', languageId, articleJson, " ") + " "> 
357 </#if> 
358 
359 <#attempt> 
360 <#assign href = FrontendService.article.getFriendlyUrl(articlePrimaryKey, languageId, groupId)!"#" > 
361 <#recover> 
362 <#assign href = "#" > 
363 </#attempt> 
364 <#if href?has_content && href != "#" && href != "/_404"> 
365 <#assign author = '<a href="' + href + '">' + author?trim + '</a>'> 
366 </#if> 
367 
368 <#assign authors = authors + [author?trim]> 
369 </#if> 
370 </#if> 
371 </#list> 
372 <#if authors?has_content> 
373 <#assign data = data + { "author": authors?join(", ") } > 
374 </#if> 
375 </#if> 
376 
377 <#if layouttpl?contains("LAYOUT_KASDE_VERANSTALTUNGEN_DETAIL") > 
378 <#assign categories = FrontendService.category.getCategoriesToArticle(primaryKey, "VERANSTALTUNGSTYP")! > 
379 <#if categories?has_content && categories[0]?has_content > 
380 <#assign data = data + { "category": categories[0].getTitle(languageId,true)! } > 
381 </#if> 
382 
383 <#if hasContent('ausgebucht', languageId, json)> 
384 <#assign data = data + { "ausgebucht" : getValueForLanguage('ausgebucht', languageId, json, "first") }> 
385 </#if> 
386 
387 <#if hasContent('storniert', languageId, json)> 
388 <#assign data = data + { "storniert" : getValueForLanguage('storniert', languageId, json, "first") }> 
389 </#if> 
390 
391 <#elseif layouttpl?contains("LAYOUT_KASDE_PUBLIKATIONEN_DETAIL") > 
392 <#assign categories = FrontendService.category.getCategoriesToArticle(primaryKey, "PUBLIKATIONSREIHE")! > 
393 <#if categories?has_content && categories[0]?has_content > 
394 <#assign data = data + { "category": categories[0].getTitle(languageId,true)! } > 
395 </#if> 
396 <#else> 
397 <#assign categories = FrontendService.category.getCategoriesToArticle(primaryKey, "THEMA")! > 
398 <#if categories?has_content && categories[0]?has_content > 
399 <#assign data = data + { "category": categories[0].getTitle(languageId,true)! } > 
400 </#if> 
401 </#if> 
402 
403 
404 <#assign 
405 languages = [] 
406 /> 
407 
408 <#attempt> 
409 <#if json["document_pdfDMTBASICDOCUMENT"]?? > 
410 <#list json["document_pdfDMTBASICDOCUMENT"]?keys as pdf_language> 
411 <#if pdf_language?has_content > 
412 <#assign 
413 docRefJson = getValueForLanguage('document_pdfDMTBASICDOCUMENT', pdf_language, json, "first") 
414 docRef = FrontendService.json.parseAsJson(docRefJson) 
415 /> 
416 <#if docRef?is_hash && pdf_language != languageId > 
417 <#assign 
418 lang = FrontendService.language.getLocaleByKey(pdf_language)!"" 
419 docGroupId = docRef["groupId"]?number 
420 docUuid = docRef["uuid"] 
421 dMTJsonObject = FrontendService.media.getDMTJsonObject( docGroupId, docUuid, locale ) 
422 dMTLink = FrontendService.media.getLinkToDMT( dMTJsonObject ) 
423 /> 
424 <#if lang?has_content> 
425 <#assign 
426 languages = languages + [ 
427
428 "key": pdf_language, 
429 "value": FrontendService.language.getLocaleByKey(pdf_language).getDisplayLanguage(), 
430 "url": dMTLink 
431 }] 
432 /> 
433 </#if> 
434 </#if> 
435 </#if> 
436 </#list> 
437 </#if> 
438 <#recover> 
439 </#attempt> 
440 
441 <#if (languages?size > 0)> 
442 <#attempt> 
443 <#assign 
444 data = data + { "languageSelect": { 
445 "id": "languageSelect", 
446 "name": "languageselect", 
447 "entries": languages, 
448 "documents": "", 
449 "button": "true" 
450 }} 
451 /> 
452 <#recover> 
453 </#attempt> 
454 </#if> 
455 
456 <@PMIntro "ADT_KASDE_DYNAMIC_INTRO" data AMMetadata AMDatetime "bottom" /> 
457 ${FrontendService.article.getEditArticleHtml(primaryKey, themeDisplay)} 
458 
459 <#if data.meta.laufendenummer?has_content !isACColorScheme() && !isVLCColorScheme() && !isDPMColorScheme()> 
460 <div>  
461 <div id="publicationVerbundPagination"> 
462 <@AMPublicationCarousel data.meta.laufendenummer data.meta.date data.meta.coverImg /> 
463 </div> 
464 </div> 
465 </#if> 
466 
467<#elseif (editmode?? && editmode)> 
468 <@errorMessage languageUtil.get(locale, "kein.journalArticle.gefunden") "ADT_KASDE_DYNAMIC_INTRO" layouttpl currentUrl /> 
469</#if> 

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Sustainability is of central importance for the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung worldwide. In Israel, KAS is also active in this field, organizing conferences and seminars, as well as publishing documentations. First of all, we intend to intensify debates on issues related to the environment, climate change and energy policy. Moreover, we want to enhance not only cooperation between Germany and Israel but between Israel and its neighbours. On this page, KAS Israel presents information about our "green" projects and commitment.

Past Events

  • A roundtable discussion proved that the topic of “Green Cities” easily draws the attention of a wide audience. In cooperation with the Union of Local Authorities in Israel (ULAI) the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Israel organized that public event on November 12, which was part of this year's Israeli-German Sister Cities Conference in Jerusalem. Mayors from both countries specifically discussed the importance of civic engagement at the local level for a sustainable development.
  • A workshop jointly organized by the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) and the Israel/Palestine Center for Research and Information (IPCRI) on August 27, 2012 provided a dialogue on the “Role of incentives and disincentives in creating effective environmental policy and promoting good environmental behavior in the shared environment of Israel and Palestine”. The event aimed to initiate an open exchange between both Israeli and Palestinian representatives from politics, science and civil society as well as to facilitate cross-border cooperation in the medium and long run.
  • On April 22, 2012, KAS Israel and the Israel/Palestine Center for Research and Information (IPCRI) brought together Palestinian and Israeli representatives from the business sector, academia, administrations, politics and the civil society. They participated in a workshop that addressed the issue of energy efficiency in Israel and the Palestinian Territories. Eventually, recommendations for action were developed.
  • Debating environmental protection and climate change is no prerogative for scientists and politicians. Those topics are also of relevance to the interfaith dialogue. On March 19, 2012, KAS Israel and the Interfaith Center for Sustainable Development hosted the „Interfaith Climate and Energy Conference“. Representatives from various world religions proposed and discussed their views on sustainability, the energy turnaround and climate change. A video conveys their appeal to preserve the creation.
  • Israel is known as a high-tech location in terms of solar energy. On March 18, 2012, researchers and energy consultants met for a conference on the Sde Boker campus of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. They discussed the potential of renewable energy in general and also remarked on energy security. An Israeli energy strategy as well as European interests were of specific interests. In the end, Prof. David Faiman (Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research) and Severin Fischer (Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik) recapitulate the results of our symposium.
  • Managing the energy turnaround with the help of renewable energies is not only a topic on the German political agenda. Likewise, the supply with regenerative energy sources such as solar and wind becomes ever more significant also in the United States, Israel and the Palestinian Territories. For that reason, the KAS Office in Washington, D.C., organized an intensive exchange program and invited an Israeli-Palestinian delegation from March 5-9, 2012.
  • What kind of role do architecture and urban planning play when it comes to adapting to climate change and energy efficient housing? KAS Israel and ECOWEEK 2012 raised exactly this question during a hands-on workshop and a public forum from February 29 to March 1, 2012.
  • In February and April 2012, KAS Israel together with the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel implemented workshops on Environmental edcuation - a cross-cutting task (publication in German). Participants of this event series were students from primary and secondary schools of Ma'alot, a community in northern Israel.
  • On February 6, 2012, KAS Israel and the S. Daniel Abraham Center for Strategic Dialogue hosted a roundtable discussion with policy experts from Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian Territories on "Water - a Connecting Element".

Reports and Documentations

  • Compared to other policy sectors, environmental policy in Israel has a tough job. The security situation in the region, the unresolved conflict with the Palestinians, the tensions within society and the socioeconomic challenges overshadow seemingly softer policy areas. It will take valiant efforts to ensure that thinking and acting to further sustainable development will achieve wider acceptance in politics and society. Dr. Nadine Mensel takes a look at what is at stake and contributed to KAS International Reports 5/2013.
  • Around Easter and Pesach nature finally seems to have ended its winter dormancy, believers and non-believers alike feel a sense of relief and gratitude. What do the Bible and the Jewish Sages have to say about that experience, and what has the collective wisdom of the world’s religions to contribute to a new “ecological awareness”? We asked Rabbi Yonathan Neril, Founder and Executive Director of The Interfaith Center for Sustainable Development, to give us his views how environmental stewardship transcends politics.
  • Targeted and efficient policies tackling the effects of climate change were introduced relatively late and with hesitation in Israel. For a long time, security related and economic topics had priority on the political agenda. Nevertheless, the urgency for a responsible and sustainable climate policy has become an important issue in public debates. Natural desasters such as the forest fires in the Carmel Mountains (2010) and the increase in extreme weather conditions have led to new environmental awareness and political initiatives. A report by KAS remarks on Israel's answers to climate change (in German).

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