'Considering Israel's global standing, we can only lose from exiting the Paris accords'

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Adv. Ruth Dagan, a former legal adviser to the UN climate convention, is one of the few Israelis deeply familiar with the environmental framework Israel is considering leaving. She warns that such a move could severely damage the economy and Israel's international standing, putting the country on a collision course with the OECD, the EU, and Norway's sovereign wealth fund

Adv. Ruth Dagan is one of the few Israelis thoroughly familiar with the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the international agreements derived from it, and the real implications of withdrawing from the entire framework.