Environment

By Ileana Nicholson Every year, thousands of volunteers across Cyprus put on gloves, grab trash bags and head out to our beaches, forests, parks and neighborhoods. Collecting tons of waste ...

Cyprus recycled just 27.8 per cent of its plastic packaging waste in 2024, placing it among the EU countries with the lowest recycling rates, according to Eurostat figures published on Thursday. The ...

The Vision emphasizes the European Commission’s commitment to addressing challenges of the Common Fisheries Policy through better implementation and makes no reference to reforming the regulation. The strategy also ...

Vine growers in Troodos have sounded the alarm over the future of vineyards in the Pitsillia area, calling on Monday for financial support from the state to counterbalance the damage ...

World leaders, diplomats and nature experts gather in Armenia this week to assess lagging efforts to halt biodiversity loss, with countries off track on most global targets and divisions over ...

What happens when the state entrusts a local authority with the responsibility of protecting the environment, without providing it with the necessary powers, staff or financial resources to fulfil that ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Friday says he believes the European Commission “has grasped” the need to suspend the implementation of the EU’s new emissions trading system, known as ETS2, ...

Almost half of Cyprus households could be at risk of poverty by the end of the century, as increasingly severe heatwaves and droughts threaten incomes and deepen inequality, according to ...

Reforestation, guerrilla gardening, sustainable mobility, fighting pollution and creating greener, more inclusive public spaces: a new grassroots initiative is taking shape in Limassol to make Cyprus a more liveable island. ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday stressed that he will attend the Cop31 climate summit, which will take place in the Turkish Mediterranean coastal city of Antalya next month, despite Turkey ...

In the Bolivian Altiplano, where rising fuel costs are threatening farmers’ livelihoods, local resident Etson Machaca built a small plant that turns plastic bags, old tires and used oil into ...

Six vultures have died and another has been seriously injured in incidents involving electricity poles in the Korfi area, with the Game and Fauna Service warning that the risks had ...

The Environmental Movement on Friday called for an immediate halt to environmentally damaging projects in Akamas, demanding accountability from those responsible and stronger protection for the peninsula. “The Audit Office’...

By Ambassador Peter Thomson, UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for the Ocean The health of the ocean is fundamental to life on Earth. It sustains food security, livelihoods, biodiversity and ...

The audit office’s most recent report on Akamas buttresses the countless warnings by environmental groups, Birdlife said on Thursday, highlighting the concerns of inadequate supervision and other serious shortcomings ...

This year’s El Niño will intensify before peaking in December and is nearly 100% certain to last until February 2027, the World Meteorological Organization said in its monthly climate bulletin ...

Delays of “years” have been observed between the detection of illegal catering and entertainment venues in protected areas of the Akamas peninsula and the bringing of criminal cases against their ...

Three municipalities in the Paphos region have received Green City of Cyprus titles at the Cyprus Environmental Awards 2025, with the Paphos regional tourism board (Etap Paphos) highlighting their efforts in ...

Works are under way to uncover and remove waste from the former landfill at Vati, as part of efforts to restore the site, deputy head of the Water Development Department’...

The European Commission has launched a €230 million funding call for research and innovation projects focusing on nature and biodiversity under the Horizon Europe programme, it announced on Friday. The call ...

By Nicolas Netien On July 2 and 3, growers, millers, doctors and researchers from across the olive world met in Lisbon for the second Olive Oil World Congress. The two days produced ...

Spain, Portugal, and Luxembourg have urged the European Union to set a 2040 target to expand renewable energy, in a letter seen by Reuters on Tuesday, setting up a clash with ...

Cyprus is hosting the official launch of MEDCONNECT, a three-year EU-funded project led by the Cyprus Marine and Maritime Institute (CMMI) that will test 15 innovative solutions aimed at restoring marine ...

As drought spread and wildfires raged across Europe this summer, the extraordinary heat didn’t stop at the shoreline. European waters notched their hottest summer months since satellite sensors began ...