Regional Environmental Cooperation between Israel and Its Neighbors
Publisher: Middle East Institute
Author(s): Nimrod Goren, Ofir Winter, and Maya Negev
Date: 2023
Topics: Climate Change, Conflict Prevention, Cooperation, Governance, Land
Countries: Israel, Palestine
As environmental challenges become a priority for countries across the Middle East and the Mediterranean, this creates new opportunities for regional environmental cooperation, including between Israel and its neighbors. Despite being limited in scope and facing several key obstacles, regional cooperative endeavors are taking place, including on both the bilateral and multilateral levels, and efforts to sustain and expand them are underway. This new report, written under the auspices of the Israel Climate Forum, addresses the importance of regional environmental cooperation in the Middle East and Mediterranean, examines the scope of such cooperation between Israel and its neighbors, and spells out opportunities, obstacles, and recommendations for increased coordination and joint action, including the role the U.S. and Europe can play.