Cases mentioned

• The Israel Union for Environmental Defence V. The Government of Israel, HCJ no. 4128/02.
• The Israel Union for Environmental Defense v. The Government of Israel, HCJ No. 1092/12
• Custodian of Absentee Assets v. Samara et al. Civil Appeal No. 147/55

For more country specific context and relevant national climate change law see: https://climate-laws.org/geographies/israel

This country report has been produced by Robbie McAdam, C2LI Research Assistant, Humzah Khan, C2LI Senior Research Assistant and Kate McKenzie, C2LI Legal. This summary is based on Dr. Tzipi Iser Itsiq, Adv., Tzvi Levinson, Adv, “Climate Change Litigation in Israel – Trends, Prospects and Challenges” in F. Sindico and M. Moise Mbengue, Comparative Climate Change Litigation: Beyond the Usual Suspects, Springer, 2021.