Failure to prepare to deal with the increasing heat will cost Tel Aviv 4 billion NIS a year by the middle of the century

A new study reveals that that insufficient preparedness for anticipated heat waves in Israel’s major economic center (Tel Aviv- Yafo) will lead to high economic costs and higher mortality rates. The study serves as an alert to numerous Israeli cities that disregard this matter. Professor Ofira Ayalon, one of the study’s authors, points out that the proposed property tax fund “could potentially divert funds meant for addressing the climate crisis, will not be available”

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