Environment

A record €21,000 fine has been imposed for the killing of wild birds using poison baits, BirdLife Cyprus said on Monday. The fine represents a big step forward that will hopefully ...

Presidential candidate Andreas Mavroyiannis said at a press conference on Friday, that for Akamas, but also the ecosystems of Cyprus in general, he and his staff are “willing to do ...

Renewable energy consumption in Cyprus has been steadily increasing since the country’s 2004 accession to the EU, and in 2021 stood at 18.4 per cent, up from 16.9 per cent in 2020, and 13.8 per ...

The world’s most powerful activist confronted the man in charge of regulating global energy in Davos on Thursday, demanding an end to fossil fuel investments. Greta Thunberg urged IEA ...

City Friends Club, a charity organisation dedicated to keeping Limassol neighbourhoods clean, has successfully fundraised more than €1 million between the end of 2020 and the end of 2022. The organisation was founded ...

Cyprus, among all EU states, experiences the most adverse impacts of global warming with the fastest increase in mean temperature, and reduced precipitation and desertification, which results in new, emerging ...

Environmental NGOs BirdLife Cyprus, Terra Cypria, Cyprus Natural Coastline and the Hunting and Wildlife Conservation have urged the government to present a final draft of the Akamas local development plan ...

The finalised version of the Akamas local development plan will be presented before the end of the current government’s term, Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis and Interior Minister Nicos Nouris ...

An electric vehicle charging station was inaugurated on Monday in Nicosia, as part of an ongoing effort undertaken by the government and the capital’s municipality to promote green cities ...

By Daniel Trotta California has been deluged since Dec. 26 by seven atmospheric rivers that have dumped up to 76 cm of rain over some areas, but the drought that has gripped ...

By Thami Croeser Climate change is going just as badly for cities as we have been warned it would. Extreme weather is increasingly common and severe globally. Australian cities have ...

By Maha El Dahan and Jan Strupczewski The European Union responded on Tuesday to US moves to boost its energy transition with plans to make life easier for the bloc’...

The share of renewable energy in Cyprus in the period of 2015 – 2021 has increased at a faster pace compared with the EU average according to the energy ministry. Data showed the ...

The Greens party reported on Monday that a large area in Lakatamia has become an illegal rubbish dump which poses health and safety risks to the community. The party explained ...

Past planning in areas affected by flooding over the weekend had not taken into account city sprawl, Green Party MP Charalambos Theopemptou said on Tuesday. However, proven sustainable drainage systems ...

Cyprus is upgrading its long-distance hiking experiences by setting up two forest shelters in the Paphos forest. The two shelters, described as historic – they are converted and restored from an ...

Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis and Interior Minister Nicos Nouris said that the finalised version of the Akamas local development plan will be discussed at the next Council of Ministers on ...

The Green Party expressed strong concern on Friday about construction projects currently underway in Akamas. The works being carried out under the pretext of improving the road network involve deep ...

The European Union has drafted plans to require companies to back up green claims about their products with evidence, in a bid to fight greenwashing and misleading advertisements, according to ...

Four five-star resorts in Cyprus have reduced the consumption and disposal of single-use plastics in the past two years through the SUPMed European project, Cyprus hotels association (Pasyxe) announced on ...

Cyprus is lagging behind and will find it difficult to reach targets The most important step in waste management is reducing waste or as the EU puts it, taking measures ...

Cypriot scientists are participating in the first European research for the development of an autonomous robotic system to detect marine litter, according to an announcement by the AKTI Research and ...

Top researchers warned that Cyprus is faced with dire human health impact as it is among the countries situated at the climate change “hot spot”. A study by an international ...

Record-high winter temperatures swept across parts of Europe over the new year, bringing calls from activists for faster action against climate change while offering short-term respite to governments struggling with ...