The Future is Green: Israel's Sustainable Development Initiatives

Sustainable Development is the advancement of a nation economically without damaging the quality of the environment for future generations. The world has paid the price for overlooking environmental concerns in the form of climate change, soil erosion, land deterioration, water pollution, polar ice caps melting, sea levels rising, etc. The price the planet coughs up surpasses the advantages of economic development. Countries need to accelerate their pace toward the common goal of a net-zero, nature-compassionate, fairer, and just future. Growing needs, due to the increase in population, will lead to overconsumption of resources which are unfortunately not renewable. When we discuss sustainability, the talk should not rotate around inflicting less harm but doing more good should be the epicentre. Countries need to be more committed to sustainable development goals. In this backdrop, the paper is an attempt to explore more about sustainable development. The paper is an effort to highlight country Israel’s sustainability initiatives. The paper concludes that measures adopted by Israel offer learnings for various developed and developing countries across the globe