The Israeli Ministry of Environmental Protection has submitted to the government a report on Israel’s progress and gaps in reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, which shows that the country is off course to meet its 2030 climate targets. The annual report reviewed progress up to the end of 2021 on official emissions reduction targets.
The report predicts that Israel is set to reduce its GHG emissions by 12% by 2030, far below the 27% it pledged to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). In addition, if the current trend continues, only 19% of energy will be generated by renewable sources by 2030, compared with an official goal of 30%. Emissions from the waste sector are expected to decrease by 19% by 2030, well below Israel’s target of 47%. In the manufacturing sector, the projection for 2030 is a reduction of 17% instead of 30%.
However, the report highlights that some progress was made in 2021 when the economy managed to achieve an absolute reduction in emissions and thus reverse the historical trend of increase in emissions. In 2021, the Israeli economy managed to reduce GHG emissions by 2.4 MtCO2eq, saving the economy a benefit of about ILS2.7bn (US$742m). Most of the reduction in emissions been achieved thanks to the reduction in the use of coal in power generation.
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