Israel has a new energy efficiency goal: a new plan from the Energy Ministry, presented Monday, has set a target of reducing carbon emissions by 7.5% by 2030.
The ministry also recommended an interim goal of improved energy efficiency by 11% by 2025, compared to 2015 (which would work out to an average 1.2% improvement per year), and an 18% improvement in energy efficiency by 2030 compared to 2015.
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"The new goal links energy consumption to the amount of products and services in the country," the Energy Ministry explained in a statement.
"It is appropriate for Israel, where the population growth rate and economic growth are among the highest in OECD nations. In addition, these criteria allow us to compare ourselves to other countries," the ministry said.
"Implementing these policy steps are expected to reduce consumption of some 6 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions, which account for about 7.5% of all greenhouse gas emissions [projected for] Israel in 2030. This is in addition to implementing the government's decision to transition to 0% renewable energy sources by 2030.
The plan to cut Israel's carbon emissions also calls to stop sales of polluting cars starting in 2030 through the establishment of a viable infrastructure for electric vehicles.
According to Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz, "The global climate crisis demands that we make major changes in our living habits, especially the ways in which we produce and consume energy. Through groundbreaking plans, we not only reduce the rise in energy demand, we also make Israel into a nexus of development and implementation of advanced technologies and methods that will allow Israeli companies to break into new markets all over the world."
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