Environment

Hundreds of saplings were planted in Athienou and the nearby village of Avdellero on Sunday, the municipality said. The saplings were planted by well-meaning members of the public and local ...

Residents of Larnaca district villages on Sunday staged a protest outside the Dhekelia power station, demanding that it be upgraded with “less polluting machinery” so as to be “less harmful” ...

Cyprus must “completely rethink” its relationship with the environment if it truly wants to achieve climate neutrality, environment commissioner Antonia Theodosiou said on Sunday. “If we want to achieve climate ...

The European Commission on Wednesday sent a reasoned opinion to Cyprus and seven other European Union member states over their failure to transpose into their national legal systems EU laws ...

By Corina Pons and Pietro Lombardi Spain is seeking European approval to repurpose more than a billion euros of post-pandemic recovery funds to make Valencia more resilient against climate change ...

By Jacob Gronholt-PedersenThe mining company that owns the licence to Greenland’s Kvanefjeld deposit is hopeful that a new government will repeal a ban on uranium mining after next month’...

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has become an integral part of contemporary business strategies. Responsible entrepreneurship is the cornerstone of sustainable development and prosperity for any society. It integrates moral values, ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at encouraging the US government and consumers to buy plastic drinking straws, pushing back efforts by his predecessor to phase out single-use ...

Work has started to remove dangerous chemical waste from the AstraSol factory in Latsia, the environment department confirmed on Monday. The department’s director, Theodoulos Mesimeris, said this was a ...

The Coffee Friends Club, an initiative by charity organisation the City Friends Club, is tackling the growing problem of single-use waste in Cyprus. As part of this programme, customers who ...

The European research project TOPIO, the objective of which is to develop techniques and methodologies for assessing landscape quality in environmentally significant areas, is organising a Cyprus-based event this week. ...

The Inia-Lara Turtle Museum in Inia, Paphos will host the free workshop Akamas in Action on the ecological and cultural significance and the future of the Akamas region on Saturday, ...

By Kate Abnett Most of European Union surface water bodies are polluted by chemicals, the European Commission said on Tuesday, in a report that revealed the damaged state of Europe’...

By Chad Terhune First there were the fast-moving, devastating fires. Now, amid the ruins of homes burned to the ground in the Los Angeles area blazes this month, workers are ...

Desalination plants will work on a continuous basis to help relieve the pressure on the island’s dams and provide farmers with water, Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou said on Sunday ...

An upcoming conference will look into mountains in general, not just those in Cyprus. The Learning With Mountains; Recalibrating How We Understand Art and Planet is an international conference in ...

Cyprus is bracing for a severe summer water shortage, with authorities urging immediate action to curb wastage and ensure supply for all. Deputy director of the Water Development Department (WDD), ...

City Friends Club, in collaboration with the Polemidia municipality, is calling for 300 volunteers to help restore Polemidia Hill behind the General Hospital, an area that has once again been overwhelmed ...

Fifteen vultures from Spain arrived in Cyprus on Friday, ornithological charity BirdLife Cyprus said. The measure is part of ongoing efforts to save Cyprus’ critically endangered griffon vulture population, with ...

A new public water cooler offering free, and chilled water has been installed along the Pedieos River, marking a step forward in efforts to promote sustainability and reduce single-use plastics ...

The Cyprus Animal Party has proposed the adoption of an “Adopt My Christmas Tree” programme to help reduce excessive logging and promote sustainable tree use. In a statement, the party ...

Four environmental organisations slammed the forestry department on Tuesday for not sticking to the guidelines of a Special Ecological Assessment Report (SEA) covering works in the Akamas. Terra Cypria and ...

Russia’s legendary cold winters are not what they used to be. Early snowdrops, mild January temperatures and a lack of ice on rivers and lakes are all unwelcome signs ...

For 30 years, Shemsi Gara operated a giant digger in a Kosovo coal mine, churning up toxic dust that covered his face and got into his airways. Home life wasn’t ...