The Challenges We’re Working On.

People often think of climate change as an environmental issue – but we believe it’s a humanitarian issue, too. Rising tides, intense droughts, and an increase of destructive storms all pose a significant risk to the future of our planet.

How We’re Solving Them.

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, which considers climate issues as some of the most significant problems the world currently faces, recently established the Hebrew University Center for Climate Science (HUCS). The new center, headed by Prof. Hezi Gildor and Dr. Uri Adam, will make it possible to deal with the challenges of the climate crisis in the Middle East region. The center’s members will focus on building an up-to-date and accurate regional climate model.

The center will allow ideas, research, and interdisciplinary brainstorming around climate issues and foster collaboration with the Meteorological Service and various institutions in the country.

The Impact of Our Work

The models that exist today in the world have a limited predictive power for the region; the HUCS Center aims to change that.

 “The changing climate is a topic that poses major problems and questions for humanity in the coming decades. The main tool that researchers use today to predict climate change is climate models,” Prof. Hezi Gildor of the University’s Institute of Earth Sciences said. “The goals of the new center at the Hebrew University are to contribute to the development of more accurate models regarding the climate in the world in general, and in our region in particular.”

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Fighting climate change will take a global effort – and in one of the hottest regions of the world – scientists at the Hebrew University are advancing science so that we are better equipped to confront the challenges that lie ahead.