Israel’s Environmental Protection Minister, Idit Silman, reportedly met with a group of climate change sceptics on Thursday.
According to a report by an Israeli newspaper, Haaretz, Silman and The Director-General of the Environmental Protection Ministry, Guy Samet, met with members of the so-called Rational Environmentalism Forum, a group promoting scepticism of the general scientific view on climate change.
Members of the group included Professors Yonatan Dubi, Hallel Gershoni, and Micha Klein who are well-known for their denial of climate change.
It was learned that the group presented Silman and Samet with information claiming Israel’s climate-related activity is meaningless, expressed doubt over human involvement in causing climate change, and was sceptical about its severity.
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In response, Silman’s office stated that over the previous week, she had meetings with a wide array of persons from the Jewish, Arab, and ultra-Orthodox public, while also listening to alternative viewpoints.
“On Wednesday, the minister and the director-general met with dozens of environmental organizations that they invited to a lengthy meeting, with a series of topics on the agenda, and on Thursday they responded to a request by another forum that asked to meet with them,” the ministry said in a statement.
“In both meetings… the director general and the minister noted the challenges and ministry plans of action, listened to all the bodies, and expressed a willingness to listen and be heard,” it added.
Story was adapted from The Times of Israel
