Environment

In this BBC Ideas video, Simon Redfern of the University of Cambridge’s Earth Sciences department, explains how Artificial Intelligence (AI) can help us adapt to climate change, in the ...

Celebrated annually on April 22, Earth Day supports environmental protection and aims to raise awareness about the planet. Going eco-friendly is one of the latest and biggest movements of the times. ...

The United States and other countries hiked their targets for slashing greenhouse gas emissions at a global climate summit hosted by President Joe Biden, an event meant to resurrect US ...

The United States on Thursday said it will boost public climate finance to help poor countries reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to a changing climate, doubling funding by 2024 from ...

As events are still a bit thin on the ground something else is coming to Nicosia this week. The Take Away Project is a simple concept and its title sums ...

Desperate times call for desperate measures. And some hospitality venues have had to find alternative solutions to survive. Kafeneio Valitsa, a small café-bar on Trikoupi street, has spread just ...

In this video, renowned conservationist and primatologist Dr. Jane Goodall shares her thoughts on the dream of a well-stewarded home planet, in honour of Earth Day 2021. Earth Day is a ...

The places where Cyprus’ unique but endangered water snake (Natrix Natrix Cypriaca) live have increased significiantly, according to environmental group Terra Cypria. A study carried out by the group in ...

South Africa is facing a conservation crisis. National parks and private game reserves are a key part of the country’s tourism industry, which accounts for 7 per cent of its ...

Climate activists shattered at least 19 windows at HSBC’s headquarters in London’s Canary Wharf as part of a protest against the financing of what the group says is devastating ...

Next month will bring even more theatre, live music and dance performances to the heart of the old town of Limassol. Starting off the month on May 6 is a play ...

The Audit Office on Wednesday said the company being paid to process massive quantities of used car tyres is failing to do so In a report, the Audit Office said ...

By Judith Garber On my very first walk around Nicosia two years ago, I passed a group of young Cypriots creating posters calling on their fellow citizens to take bold ...

The White House is still putting the finishing touches on its plan to cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, ahead of a summit this week with world leaders including ...

The fifth performance in Helen Kirwan’s new series of online events broadcast live to a global audience is coming this Friday. As an artist in residence with the Cyprus ...

By Kanupriya Kapoor Very little of today’s world resembles Planet Earth from 500 years ago. In fact, only about 3 per cent of land surfaces might be ecologically intact — still home ...

The Nicosia Municipal Arts Centre this April inaugurates the first Residency Programme for Performing and Live Arts at Theatro Polis OPAP. The programme will present seven artists and artistic groups ...

The European Union clinched a deal in the early hours of Wednesday on a climate change law that commits the bloc to more than halving its net greenhouse gas emissions ...

Australian funnel-web spiders are among the most deadly arachnids in the world. But within the deadly cocktail of their venom, lies a potential pharmacy of drugs that could save your ...

“Life without art would be unbearable so if not now, when is the time to support the artists?” ask the team of Artistic Exploits, a brand-new platform that wishes to ...

The world over, governments are viewing the ocean as a new economic frontier By Maria Hadjimichael A consequence of the economic crisis and the realisation of the finite nature of ...

Annual event on April 22 is celebrated by a billion people in more than 190 countries By Annette Chrysostomou The theme of this year’s Earth Day, marked on Thursday, April 22, is ...

By Valerie Volcovici and Kate Abnett United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres wants the United States to commit this week to at least halving its greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 — a ...

By Kate Holton and Elizabeth Piper Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Britain would cut carbon emissions by 78 per cent by 2035 in what he hailed as the world’s most ambitious ...