‘Amateur’ governments dealing with regional climate crisis
More concern about next elections than worrying about next 30 years By Charles Ellinas There is a huge gap between what we need to...
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Russia’s melting permafrost: homes and infrastructure under threat
By Maxim Shemetov The old airport in the Siberian settlement of Churapcha has been unusable for years, its runway transformed into a swampy field...
COP 26 climate targets: making sense of the promises
As public pressure has grown for action to limit climate change, countries and companies worldwide have made promises to contribute to the effort, which will be reviewed...
No easy answers to the energy crisis
Europe is at fault for not addressing low gas storage levels early-on The energy crisis rumbles-on with no easy answers emerging to bring it...
Merkel and Pope discuss climate change in farewell visit
Outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday the response to climate change would require a radical change in how people live as she met...
Leading scientists to attend Cyprus climate conference
Proposals on Cyprus’ initiative for the need for regional action on climate change will be discussed at the second international climate conference in the Eastern...
Besieged by seaweed, Caribbean scrambles to make use of the stuff
By Cassandra Garrison, Sarah Marsh and Jake Spring As the sun rises in Mexico’s Quintana Roo state, home to the white sandy beaches of Cancun...
‘You are making the future today’, Pope tells youth climate activists
Pope Francis on Wednesday praised youth climate campaigners for their efforts to tackle global warming and encouraged them to carry on with their work “for...
Larnaca joins forces with UCy to address climate change
Larnaca municipality and the water (SYL) and sewerage Board (SAL) on Tuesday, memoranda of cooperation with the University of Cyprus’ KIOS Research and Innovation Centre...
British police arrest 39 climate activists blocking Port of Dover
British climate change protesters on Friday temporarily blocked the Port of Dover, Europe’s busiest trucking port, and police arrested 39 people. About 40 activists from...
Businesses will have to go green for bank loans
Businesses asking for bank loans will have to show commitment to the green economy and sustainable development in the future a gathering of business leaders...
IPCC climate report: the language of the scientists
There are 150 new coal-fired plants under construction or already approved and funded in the world, so you can’t really say that we are taking...
UN’s stark climate report: time is running out
The Mediterranean will be particularly affected with higher summer temperatures, drought and fires says IPCC report The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)...
Extreme weather renews focus on climate change as scientists update forecasts
By Andrea Januta As scientists gather online to finalise a long-awaited update on global climate research, recent extreme weather events across the globe highlight the...
Strained G20 climate talks could yet deliver progress on coal
By Gavin Jones Climate campaigners voiced frustration a meeting of ministers from the world’s richest countries failed to deliver a deal to phase out coal,...
Record-smashing heat extremes in Cyprus may become much more likely – study
By Andrea Januta Cyprus. Cuba. Turkey. Canada. Northern Ireland. Antarctica. All recorded their hottest-ever temperatures in the last two years, and according to a new study, more such extremes are coming....
‘Mind the gap’ – why the complaints about the EU’s climate plan?
By Isla Binnie The European Union’s huge policy package to make good on a pledge to reduce net greenhouse emissions by 55 per cent from...
Floods lay bare Europe’s ‘gigantic task’ in averting future climate damage
By Kate Abnett and James Mackenzie The catastrophic floods that swept northwest Europe last week were a stark warning that stronger dams, dykes and drainage...
Path to recovery ‘aligned with sustainable development goals’
Cyprus’ path to recovery “must and will” be aligned to sustainable development goals` Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides has said. Speaking at the virtual UN High-Level...