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Palestinian residents stranded in an inundated house following torrential rains that hit Gaza City on January 16, 2022. (Photo: Mohammed Dahman/APA Images)

As the global climate crisis continues to worsen, many families in Gaza are feeling the devastating effects of climate change. These impacts are compounded by Israel’s 14-year siege on the territory as well as repeated attacks, including the war last May. Hussni Mohanna, the spokesperson for Gaza City’s emergency committee, tells Mondoweiss that the city tries its best to alleviate the infrastructural issues caused by the wars, but the odds are stacked against them. With the limited budget and resources it has, it cannot keep up with the rapidly changing climate. 

Sierra Club

There are conflicting reports whether the Sierra Club has canceled plans for educational trips to Israel that were supposed to begin this month. It was originally reported that the environmental organization made the decision to cancel the trip after discussions between members of its board and a coalition of Palestine advocacy groups. But now, the Times of Israel is reporting the environmental organization has buckled under pressure from the Israel lobby.

The opening plenary at the United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP26, held in Glasgow, Scotland. (Photo: UNclimatechange/Flickr/CC)

On the sidelines of COP26, Israel’s Prime Minister met with Bill Gates to discuss forming working group to study potential cooperation around combating climate change. Gates’ obsession with ‘innovation’, however, might have blinded him from addressing other issues that Israel is also ‘known for’ – namely, being the world’s leading human rights violator and the destruction of the Palestinian environment.