Concerns over delay in relocation of Dali asphalt plants
During a House environment committee on Wednesday, MPs expressed disappointment over delays in the removal of asphalt plants in the Dali area amid constant complaints...
Environment
Call to scuba divers for lionfish removal rally
The RELIONMED-Life project has issued an invitation for people to participate in the eighth and final lionfish removal derby, which will be held in an...
Urban Sustainability: Together for Our Cities!
AKTI Project and Research Centre, in collaboration with the British High Commission, and in partnership with KAYAD, is launching the urban sustainability project titled Together...
Glasgow climate summit: Which countries and blocs are major players
The diverse interests among the 197 signatories to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) make for a tough challenge reaching consensus on the...
What is the bycatch of vulnerable species and why do we care?
By Marios Papageorgiou A recent incident with a Bluntnose sixgill shark (Hexanchus griseus), that was incidentally caught on a tourist fishing vessel in Larnaca, received...
Cyprus Environmental Movement stages protest ahead of COP26
The Cyprus Environmental Movement will be staging a protest on October 30 in light of the 26th UN Climate Conference (COP26) which will begin in...
It’s bloom time in Chile’s ‘flowering desert’, despite drought
The sand dunes of Chile‘s Atacama are once again bathed in vibrant colors following the sprouting of flowers in recent weeks in the world’s most arid desert despite...
Activists disrupt Paris climate finance meeting before COP26
Activists disrupted a green finance summit in Paris on Tuesday, saying that French President Emmanuel Macron had failed to get serious on investing in combating...
Bicycle subsidy scheme opens on Monday (updated)
The promotion of cycling aims to improve the traffic problem, Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos said on Tuesday as he announced that applications for the government’s...
Beauty of Roudias river caught on camera (photos)
The forestry department led an expedition last week to study Roudias river in the southern part of the Paphos forest, with Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis...
World ‘way off track’ in halting warming, UN warns ahead of COP26
Greenhouse gas concentrations hit a record last year and the world is “way off track” in capping rising temperatures, the United Nations said on Monday...
Top oil exporter Saudi Arabia targets net zero emissions by 2060
By Yousef Saba, Saeed Azhar and Marwa Rashad Saudi Arabia’s crown prince said on Saturday that the world’s top oil exporter aims to reach ‘net...
Islandwide pay as you throw scheme would ‘save people money’
A ‘pay-as-you-throw’ system, designed to promote recycling and reduce waste, will make Cyprus greener and save people money, Green party MP Charalambos Theopemptou told the...
Forestry department warns use of tools to collect mushrooms is illegal
The forestry department on Friday reminded the public that the use of tools for mushroom picking is prohibited, since it damages the ecosystem. In a...
Pay-as-you-throw scheme passed by parliament
Parliament on Thursday passed legislation tweaking the Waste Law in such a way as to enable the activation on a nationwide basis of the ‘Pay-as-you-throw’...
Russia’s melting permafrost: homes and infrastructure under threat
By Maxim Shemetov The old airport in the Siberian settlement of Churapcha has been unusable for years, its runway transformed into a swampy field...
Russia says Putin won’t fly to Glasgow, in blow for climate talks
Russia delivered a blow to hopes of a breakthrough international deal on climate change when the Kremlin said on Wednesday that President Vladimir Putin would...
Public urged to download app to help science gather data on pollinators
British Bases entomologist Kelly Martinou has urged nature lovers in Cyprus to download the recently launched Flower-Insect Timed (FIT) Count application to learn more about...
COP 26 climate targets: making sense of the promises
As public pressure has grown for action to limit climate change, countries and companies worldwide have made promises to contribute to the effort, which will be reviewed...
Developing a social economy in Cyprus
Measures needed to provide a support framework By Kyriaki Demetriou Social entrepreneurship has the remarkable potential to tackle the economic and unemployment crisis by combining...