Environment

Two in three Cypriots place a high priority on adapting to climate change, according to the European Investment Bank’s (EIB) annual climate survey. “Climate change is an undeniable reality ...

The annual U.N. climate summit kicks off Monday with countries readying for tough talks on finance and trade, following a year of weather disasters that have emboldened developing countries ...

By Natasa IoannouThe production and consumption of energy from Renewable Energy Sources has been one of the key issues discussed in recent months. With increased electricity bills and the public ...

Visits of schoolchildren have begun at the Akrotiri Environmental Education Centre (AAEC), with a total of 500 children having visited since the beginning of the school year. The AAEC said on ...

By Andrei Khalip, Inti LandauroCatastrophic flash floods that have killed at least 217 people in Spain are caused by a destructive weather system in which cold and warm air meet and ...

Aiming to plant a total of 18,000 trees, environmental programme LIFEAgrOassis will launch its campaign on Friday in Pera Orinis. The goal of the project is to plant the trees and ...

Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou on Tuesday underlined the government’s commitment to producing high-quality products, reducing production costs and safeguarding public health and the environment. Highlighting the challenges facing the ...

Applications for the reissued grants scheme to encourage the use of renewable energy sources in residences opened on Monday, aiming for interest from an additional 3,000 households across Cyprus. According to ...

The death toll from devastating flashfloods in eastern Spain climbed to 158 on Thursday, with rescue teams still searching for those missing in what could become Europe’s worst storm-related disaster ...

Cyprus and Malta have formalised an agreement to strengthen their collaboration on water resources management. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), signed in Nicosia by Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou and Malta’...

A brand-new festival launches this week and aims to revive the nature of Arakapas village by bringing people closer to the environment. The first edition of the Back to the ...

  By Antrea Panagiotou The deadline for the submission of the National Energy and Climate Plan (NECP) to the European Commission, initially set for June 30, has long passed and Cyprus like ...

By Stelios Misinas In a controlled enclosure in a zoo outside Athens, multi-coloured butterflies suck sweet juice from orange slices, free from the hazards of a changing climate outside that ...

By Jake Spring and Oliver Griffin Countries were at an impasse over how to fund conservation and other key decisions as the UN COP16 biodiversity summit entered its second week ...

By Sergio de Moraes They call him Bold and he is Brazil’s most famous jaguar, seen on social media diving into rivers to capture a caiman and wrestle his ...

This first Pediaios River Festival has arrived! From Tuesday until Sunday, a colourful and participatory series of activities in the Pediaios River and beyond has been planned to celebrate nature ...

Any measure to regulate the movement of fuel guzzling vehicles will not be made until a series of measures are implemented to promote the use of low and zero emission ...

Around two tonnes of rubbish were collected during a clean-up on Saturday which included that found in the sea off Paphos. A total of 180 children took part in a clean ...

Cyprus introduced its first zero-emission vessel, Evploia Aphrodite, at Larnaca Marina this week, with the support of Deputy Shipping Minister Marina Hadjimanolis. Evploia Aphrodite, developed by the Cyprus Marine and ...

Major concerns were raised by BirdLife Cyprus on Friday over the approval for the construction of a new fish farming port in Pentakomos in an area important for the conservation ...

Environment Commissioner Antonia Theodosiou on Thursday called for a ban on the construction of buildings within 100 metres of the coast. Speaking at a conference organised by the environment department, she ...

Fraud investigations into a €46 million waste treatment project have shifted to Brussels but seem to be going nowhere, as the EU, which funded the project, remains uncertain about who is ...

Bioland Energy has rebounded from a protest against planned photovoltaic parks in Frenaros, which cut a public presentation of the project short on October 17, by issuing a press release outlining ...

BE OPEN has introduced Designing Futures 2050, its sixth international competition aimed at students, graduates, and young professionals. This initiative seeks to inspire the creation of innovative solutions by young creatives ...