WORLD NEWS | Israel adapts transport infrastructure to cope with climate change

Tel Aviv [Israel], May 16 (ANI): Israeli Transport Minister Miri Regev has directed the management of her office to develop an overall strategic readiness plan to adapt Israel’s transport infrastructure to expected climate change in the coming years, including practical steps and changes Advise on regulations and legislation. The plan will also include mapping transport risk centers for the near, medium and long term, calculating the probability of extreme events and examining necessary infrastructure adjustments to deal with these events.

According to Minister Regev, Israel is standing on the threshold of transportation mega-projects that will change the face of the State of Israel in the coming decades, and we have a responsibility to ensure that these projects adapt to the expected climate change.

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The Department of Transport and Road Safety recently held a kick-off meeting to prepare infrastructure companies for climate change and its consequences. The meeting took place within the framework of government decisions and requirements contained in the climate law, which is currently on the government’s table.

Israel is already feeling the effects of climate change and is causing disasters and victims, including floods and floods, rising sea levels, unusual rainfall events, heat waves and fires, severe storms such as the one that knocked down a crane in Ashkelon Coal ports disrupted the nation’s coal supply, severe heat caused rails to bend, cables to sink along them, and more. (ANI/TPS)

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