Rachel's UNEP Speech

The Delegation of Israel recognizes that the world faces an environmental crisis.

There is not enough good land to grow food, nor enough clean water, and too much pollution has been made. The developed countries of North America and Europe use lots of energy and natural resources. They produce a lot of pollution and waste. Poor people in undeveloped parts of the world harm the environment because they don’t have good ways to support themselves.

Israel believes that those who create pollution should also pay for the cost of cleaning it up.

Israel supports taxing developed countries and big companies who create lots of pollution.

The delegation of Israel supports using this money to fund rainwater harvesting and drip irrigation in undeveloped areas, and to provide information and education about the importance of saving our global environment.

The delegation of Israel believes that it is important that the UN comes together to support these simple ideas to reduce pollution and support water conservation. Israel believes that by 2015 the goal of reducing the use of clean ground water and stopping pollution must be reach