#climate change

Five years after Floridia registered Europe’s highest-ever temperature, residents say extreme heat is no longer measured by records but by its impact on daily life, keeping people indoors, reducing ...

Cyprus has the second highest percentage of land under desertification conditions in the EU, according to a European Commission report published on Monday. The report by the commission’s Joint ...

By Terra Cypria staff The Mediterranean has long been associated with mild winters, dry summers, and landscapes that have learned to coexist with fire. Wildfires are not foreign to Mediterranean ...

Turkey has been warned by the European Union against not inviting a delegation from the Republic of Cyprus to attend November’s Cop31 climate summit, which will take place in ...

Friends of the Earth Cyprus will host Climate Justice Week from Wednesday to Monday, featuring free workshops, discussions, forums and cultural events to promote environmental democracy and social participation. The ...

In India’s western state of Maharashtra, mango farmer Komal Walke is scrambling to meet orders from India’s online grocers after her family’s three acres of orchards produced ...

Some of the plants that make familiar landscapes recognisable may not survive by century’s end as climate change becomes an increasingly important driver of species loss, according to scientists, ...

Cyprus is set to receive €9.2 million from the European Union Solidarity Fund (EUSF), as part of a €144 million aid package proposed by the European Commission for three member states hit ...

Globally, 2025 was the third-warmest year on record, with Cyprus recording the highest temperature of 46.1C on July 27, 2025, in Lefkara, and 44.7C on July 24, 2025, in Athalassa, the latter being the highest ...

The European Union has expressed “serious concern” after Turkey, in its role as chair of the annual UN climate conference (COP31), reportedly excluded the Republic of Cyprus from participating in ...

Environment Commissioner, Antonia Theodosiou, cautioned on Sunday that greenhouse gas concentrations in Cyprus have reached historic highs, with grave environmental consequences despite recent progress in emissions reduction. Speaking at the “...

Cyprus could face a sea level rise of up to one metre by the end of the century, placing nearly half of the island’s beaches at risk of extinction, ...

Cyprus records the highest rate of food waste in the EU, with significant environmental and social consequences, environment commissioner Antonia Theodosiou said on Friday. Addressing the award ceremony for the ...

The European Union is mulling a new strategy in its diplomatic efforts on climate change after a bruising U.N. summit last year where it struggled to rally support for ...

By Martin David Clark Here in Cyprus, the wild mushroom foraging season is a bit ‘hit and miss’ this year, due, in my opinion to the impact of climate change. ...

Young people are not disengaging from public dialogue out of indifference, but because they feel politically invisible. That is the central finding of new research by the Cypriot NGO AKTI ...

The impact of climate change will hit Cyprus’ economy, a study released on Tuesday said, projecting that as much as €29 billion will be lost from the island’s gross domestic ...

The geological survey department warned on Monday that the island could face “more earthquakes in the coming days” amid intense regional seismic activity. A 3.8-magnitude earthquake struck the Antakya region ...

A workshop in Larnaca on Friday brought together 60 final-year pupils to test practical responses to severe flooding, as part of a wider effort to strengthen climate resilience among young people.  ...

After the drama of the last few days of the summit, COP30 finally delivered a deal on Saturday ‑ the Global Mutirão (meaning “collective effort”) ‑ despite major disagreements and divisions. ...

In the final fractious hours of the U.N. climate summit in Brazil, when a deal to advance the world’s fight against global warming was slipping out of reach, ...

By Antrea Panagiotou The climate crisis is no longer a distant threat, but our new reality. Its impacts are increasingly severe, leaving destruction in their wake and affecting every aspect ...

Wildfires, droughts, increased electricity demand, impacts on agriculture and tourism: with climate change they have not only become permanent but are intensifying. And making it even more challenging, the Mediterranean ...

On 23 July 2025, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) gave an advisory opinion on the obligation of states to protect the climate system and the environment from manmade emissions of greenhouse ...