Environment

By Daniel Trotta A US agency seeking to restore habitat for endangered fish gave final approval on Thursday to decommission four dams straddling the California-Oregon border, the largest dam removal ...

And companies need to do more about packaging By Charalampos Theopemptou Among the business world, I often hear the discussions and worries about the new Environment, Sustainability, Governance (ESG) criteria ...

By Jake Spring and Shadia Nasralla Beyond the headlines from the annual UN climate conference, progress in advancing the global climate agenda relies on the behind-the-scenes efforts of technocrats over ...

By Clark Mindock Climate change-related litigation has more than doubled in the past seven years globally according to a June report by the London School of Economics, and is moving ...

Cyprus’ environmental policies must go beyond the buffer zone and the jurisdiction of the British bases, said presidential candidate Achilleas Demetriades this week, sharing his vision for a “One and ...

The U.N. nuclear watchdog’s 35-nation Board of Governors on Thursday passed its third resolution since the outbreak of war in Ukraine calling on Russia to end all actions ...

Knowledge drives change in people’s perception and attitude Marios Papageorgiou Knowledge is a powerful tool that can shape and change lives and the world around us. In recent years ...

The election of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as Brazil’s next president is already boosting the country’s credibility at this year’s UN climate negotiations, with the left-wing ...

By Megan Rowling Ruqiyo Mohammed, 25, a mother of four in drought-stricken Somalia, has seen her two-year-old son hospitalised for a month with severe malnutrition, and has lost her farm and ...

By Gloria Dickie The world population surged past 8 billion people on Tuesday, the United Nations said, warning that more hardship is in store for regions already facing resource scarcity due ...

As part of the L’Etape Cyprus by Tour de France that took place on Sunday, the Limassol Tourism Board organised the Cycling in Our Everyday Life competition for primary ...

2022 has been the most successful in terms of fire management and prevention efforts for decades, the forestry department said Monday. Of the 179 fires that broke out on lands managed by ...

“Transition to clean, sustainable energy is no longer an option… Clean renewable energy-based green growth is the ONLY alternative to sustainable development”, said Ban Ki-moon, 8th Secretary-General of the United ...

About 1.6 billion people now live in climate change “vulnerability hotspots”, a number that could double by 2050 if fossil fuels continue being used at the rate they are today, scientists warned ...

Talks about how to compensate vulnerable countries for the damage caused by climate change are not ready to agree on a funding mechanism, a European Union negotiator said on Friday, ...

African nations must be allowed to develop fossil fuel resources to help lift their people out of poverty, governments said at the COP27 climate talks in Egypt, which welcomed leaders ...

Wealthy countries – like poorer ones – stand to reap huge economic, social and environmental gains by swiftly ramping up renewable energy and other climate action, the new U.N. climate chief ...

By Tim Cocks In South Africa, a country where ‘braai’ all-day barbecuing is a national pastime, plant-based substitutes are making surprising inroads despite a deep cultural love of meat and ...

The fashion industry currently contributes 10 per cent of all carbon emissions By Panayiotis Kleanthous As I was strolling around the streets of London on a Sunday afternoon, I came across ...

Leaders from poor countries criticized wealthy governments and oil companies for driving global warming, using their speeches on Tuesday at the COP27 climate summit in Egypt to demand that they ...

By Michael Taylor A new alliance of rainforest nations – sought by Brazil’s President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva – could be key to unlocking conservation funding and bolstering a ...

By Gloria Dickie Climate change is rapidly melting away the world’s frozen regions, with summertime Arctic sea ice sure to vanish by 2050, according to a report published on Monday. ...

By Kate Abnett Nearly 200 countries who gathered for the UN climate conference in Egypt are expected to lock horns over whether rich nations should pay compensation to vulnerable states hit ...

Hospitality businesses learned about EU food waste targets and how to reduce food waste at a workshop from a policy officer at the European Commission. The networking event was held ...