03.10.2011                      06.Cheschwan. 5772                      Ta'anit BH"B

Umwelt:

Israeli, EU researchers convene for climate conference

Head of European environmental unit: We hope partnerships with Israel will increase.

Environmental leaders and researchers from all over Europe and Israel came together at the University of Haifa on Wednesday to discuss the challenges and costs of climate change, as well as the European Union and the Jewish state’s cooperative efforts to tackle these challenges.
The conference, jointly organized by the European Union, Environmental Protection Ministry, University of Haifa and Natural Resource and Environmental Research Center (NRERC), provided a venue for Israeli researchers participating in EU-funded projects to share their material and successes – most of which at this gathering were occurring under the auspices of the EU’s Seventh Framework Program (FP7)….