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Building climate change resilience in Israel and the United Kingdom

In September 2023 the Arava Institute partnered with the Environmental Change Institute of the University of Oxford on a joint project to build resilience to

19/12/2023

David Lehrer: My experience at COP28

Last week, I attended my first United Nations Climate Change Conference held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). Formally known as the Conference of the

18/12/2023

Innovation and Sustainability: Showcasing the Arava Institute’s Fall Semester Interns’ Projects

The Arava Institute’s semester program includes both students and interns, whose research is often conducted off campus and thus less known by their peers. The

17/12/2023

COP28 update: Approaching climate change through the head and the heart

One of our current interns at the Arava Institute’s Center for Applied Environmental Diplomacy, researching the feasibility of a new approach to Israeli-Palestinian cooperation via

03/12/2023

Director’s blog: The Arava Institute at COP28

The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, or Conference of the Parties (COP28), will be held in Dubai for the next two weeks. As in

30/11/2023

Teaching Israeli and Palestinian students during war

During this difficult time of war, the participants of the Fall 2023 semester from Israel, Palestine, and around the world, have continued to live and

09/11/2023

Student & intern interview: Nonviolent Communication workshop on campus

The Arava Institute campus in Kibbutz Ketura is home to students and interns from Israel, Palestine, and around the word, even during these difficult times.

26/10/2023

Unrecognized and defenseless: a report from the Bedouin villages in the Negev

Throughout the Negev, in the areas defined as “open areas,” there are 47 unrecognized Bedouin villages, which are not protected by Iron Dome coverage. In

26/10/2023

Updates from the Arava Institute, October 23rd

Speaking to the Jerusalem Press Club, Arava Institute Executive Director Dr. Tareq Abu Hamed emphasized that no one wins in a war. The only way

23/10/2023

Report from the Campus of the Arava Institute during the War

By Aviv Saad, Campus Coordinator, Arava Institute for Environmental Studies I am sitting down to summarize the last week and a half since the murderous

19/10/2023

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