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Galit Palzur

Aug 31, 2022, 11:19 AM

With no sense of urgency, climate adaptation is lacking

Climate change, unfortunately, is in the news on a daily basis these days. While climate change is expected to affect all countries, the climate crisis will affect some countries more than others. Extreme weather events, such as flooding, prolonged...

Jun 7, 2022, 1:09 AM

Will Climate Change Cause Recessions in the Future?

Bitcoins and U.S Dollar Bills, Photo by David McBee on Pixels

Several recent events have coincided globally to shake the world economy, prompting inflation in many countries, some of which are at the brink of recession and some of which are facing severe food crises. First, as most countries emerged from...

May 10, 2022, 4:25 PM

Why Israel’s (draft) climate bill is not only about Israel

A Prediction of Rising Sea Levels, Photo by go_greener_oz

During the last week of April 2022, I attended the Raisina Dialogue, India’s flagship conference on geopolitics and geoeconomics, organized by the Observer Research Foundation (ORF) in partnership with the Ministry of External Affairs of the Government of India....

Oct 26, 2021, 4:20 PM

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Clean air used to be free; now you need to pay for it

Sky above Jerusalem on August 15, 2021, following the wildfire on the outskirts of the city. Photo by Galit Palzur

Home pollutants like aerosol deodorants have led those who can foot the bill to purchase air purification systems, with frightening implications for the have-nots

Aug 9, 2021, 11:41 PM

Are You Safe at Home from Natural Hazards?

Here’s a question for those of you who are purchasing these days or intend to purchase real estate in Israel: how many of you have examined or thought of examining the natural hazards that the property faces and asked...

About Me

Galit Palzur is an economist, specializing in corporate risk management of natural disasters and extreme events. Previously, she was the Director of the Economics and Standards Division at the Ministry of Environmental Protection; Chairman of the Bureau of the OECD Working Party on Climate, Investment and Development; economist at the Budgets Division at the Ministry of Finance, and served as board-member of several government-owned companies and statutory bodies.