Judith Perl-Strasser, Emissary KKL-JNF Israel in Switzerland was the event moderator. Emily Levy-Shohat, KKL- JNF Vice-Chairman and Chairman of the Environment and Science Committee of the Board of Directors, presented the connection between the 125th anniversary conference to the First Zionist Congress to the KKL-JNF side event – both deal with the fight against the climate crisis. Dr. Doron Markel, KKL-JNF Chief Scientist, presented KKL-JNF's way of dealing with the climate crisis, including issues of climate innovation.
KKL-JNF Chairman Avraham Duvdevani. Photograph: Alain Picard
Elad Shamir, Director of the Kinneret Innovation Center, presented the combination of the academic world (Kinneret College), the industry (Zemach Regional Industries) and KKL-JNF, as the winning triangle leaders in Israel, and the world, of the fight against climate crisis and global warming.
At the KKL-JNF conference, held by KKL-JNF Switzerland as part of the events of the 125th anniversary of the Zionist Congress in Basel, KKL-JNF Chairman Avraham Duvdevani said in his remark: "The theme of the conference 'the fight against the climate crisis' is definitely a Zionist action that not only works to secure the future of the country but for the benefit of all humanity."
Dr. Doron Markel, KKL-JNF Chief Scientist. Photograph: Alain Picard
Judith Perl-Strasser, Emissary KKL-JNF Israel in Switzerland: "In Basel, where the seemingly impossible becomes possible: fighting the Climate-Crisis and saving the World - together we can do it!"
Judith Perl-Strasser, Emissary KKL-JNF Israel in Switzerland and KKL-JNF Chairman Avraham Duvdevani. Photograph: Alain Picard