Israel’s energy minister Karine Elharrar says she was unable to participate in the first full day of the U.N.’s climate summit (known …
Israel’s energy minister Karine Elharrar says she was unable to participate in the first full day of the U.N.’s climate summit (known as COP26) in Glasgow due to the conference not being handicap accessible. Elharrar has muscular dystrophy and uses a wheelchair. In an interview with Israel’s TV broadcaster Channel 12, Elharrar says she was taken to several entrances at the conference but was unable to get inside given their lack of accessibility, according to Reuters. She told the local broadcaster that the only options of getting to the conference grounds were either by walking or boarding a shuttle that is not designed for wheelchairs.
