Environment

Britain is unprepared for the worsening impacts of climate change such as flooding and extreme heat, the country’s independent climate advisers said on Wednesday. Britain was battered by widespread ...

Cyprus on track for a Hydrogen Economy by 2060, according to study by Frederick University The H2Zero Research Unit at Frederick University has unveiled a comprehensive strategic plan for Cyprus’...

Stalled roadworks in Akamas national park are under scrutiny by the auditor-general, who is preparing a report following a site visit to assess two years of stagnation. Auditor-general Andreas Papaconstantinou ...

How energy communities are an integral part of the renewable storage solution By Natasa Ioannou Cyprus is experiencing a critical juncture in its transition to renewable energy. While renewable energy ...

Coastal engineer Xenia Loizidou on Friday slammed the government’s plan to import mobile desalination plants from the United Arab Emirates to solve Cyprus’ water shortage as an “incoherent panic ...

A free event coming up this Saturday invites people in Nicosia to build bird nests while learning about nature. Get hands-on and join a workshop at the Pedieos riverbed that ...

Greece will deploy a record number of firefighters this year in anticipation of “bad scenarios” ahead, its climate crisis minister said on Thursday, after a succession of destructive wildfires. Weather ...

Years of filming, often in extreme conditions, has provided new insights into the extraordinary challenges endured by penguins for a documentary series was premiered on Monday, just before Earth Day. ...

Pasijah, a 55-year-old housewife in Indonesia’s Central Java province, wakes up every morning to the sound of the sea. If that sounds idyllic, it is anything but. Her home ...

The Social Alliance, a coalition backing sustainable development, has hailed as a victory for nature a court ruling suspending construction of a new port in Pentakomo after environmental groups warned ...

Microplastics are everywhere: in our seas, in the air we breathe, and even in the food we consume. Although they are nearly invisible to the naked eye, their impact on ...

The UN Sustainable Development Goals are 17 universal challenges to change the world for the better: eradicating poverty, providing access to education, reducing inequality and protecting the planet. It sounds ambitious – ...

Over 200 alien marine species have been recorded in the waters off Cyprus, fisheries department officer Katerina Georgiou said on Tuesday. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency, she said the two ...

By Aditya Kalra, Arpan Chaturvedi India wants to tackle its mounting e-waste problem. Global electronics companies say the cost is too high. Daikin, Hitachi and Samsung are among manufacturers alarmed ...

By Kate Abnett Europe faced its most widespread flooding last year since 2013, with 30 per cent of the continent’s river network hit by significant floods, scientists said on Tuesday, as ...

The administrative court issued an interim order to suspend construction work on the new port at Pentakomo over fears that it may impact the area’s native Mediterranean monk seal ...

Without proper adaptation measures, public expenditures needed in the coming decades for the rehabilitation of infrastructure and compensation for climate-related disasters may derail government spending, the Cyprus Institute (CyI) warned ...

A 40-year-old man was arrested on Friday in connection with an investigation into the possession of protected wild birds and illegal explosives and firearms. The arrest followed a series of ...

The Cyprus federation of environmental organisations (Opok) has expressed its disappointment with the forestry department’s handling of the Akamas kiosks issue, accusing the department of ignoring institutional violations. In ...

Timothy Hearn, Anglia Ruskin University From dire wolves to woolly mammoths, the idea of resurrecting extinct species has captured the public imagination. Colossal Biosciences, the Dallas-based biotech company leading the ...

Climate change and the future of seas and oceans were discussed on Friday between European Commissioner for Fisheries and Oceans Costas Kadis and president of the Cyprus Institute Stavros Malas, ...

By EC, Cyprus Energy Review In the heart of Limassol, I meet with Dr Arkadius Sybaris, Founder and CFO of Lighthief International, a European powerhouse IPP (independent power producer) in ...

BirdLife Cyprus said on Friday it is taking the government to court, hoping to halt construction of a port in Pentakomo that endangers the habitat of the endangered Mediterranean monk ...

By Will Hawkes As I sprinted across the flower-rich meadow on the eastern coast of Cyprus, I could barely see my car. The air was full of tiny black dots, ...