#Environment

Kokkinochoria gymnasium and lyceum won a national school competition ‘Think Smart, Create Green’ and will compete in the international final competition in May 2023, an announcement said on Friday. According to ...

Cypriots are lacking in civic consciousness and awareness By Demetra Kallitsi Of all European citizens, Cypriots are the least likely to be active in public processes. In a 2015 EU survey, ...

Cyprus’ Environment Commissioner, Maria Panayiotou stressed the importance of changing habits and mentality for a clean environment and sustainable future, addressing an event for the “Earth Hour” in Nicosia, noting, ...

Ten teenagers from Limassol are striving to revolutionise the desiccant industry by offering a new environmentally friendly alternative to the harmful silica gel packets used to absorb moisture. HuskMusk, a ...

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 ...

Climate campaigner Greta Thunberg was detained alongside other activists on Tuesday during protests against the demolition of a village to make way for a coal mine expansion but was released ...

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 ...

The roadmap the next leader of the country should follow to protect and restore nature This being the season for making wishes, here are some from me. Five things I ...

Any proposals for natural restoration need to be ambitious but also realistic, so that small member states in particular can have room for flexibility to implement them, agriculture ministry permanent ...

A walking tour at the Natura 2000 protected area of Larnaca salt lake was held on Saturday by Pandoteira project and Larnaca municipality. People who participated in the tour had the ...

Cyprus in 2020 ranked seventh highest in the EU in terms of the per capita production of municipal solid waste, according to just-released data. The Statistical Service said that in 2020, the ...

The effects of human activity from climate change to pollution are “devastating” marine life, with nearly a tenth of underwater plants and animals assessed so far threatened with extinction, the ...

New schemes providing incentives for the purchase of electric vehicles are expected to be announced within the next two weeks, the transport ministry said. About 2,500 applications will be approved as ...

A programme that collects used cooking oil from households to convert it into biodiesel re-launched on Thursday after five years of inactivity. The mobile unit of environmental education by Akti ...

It looked like a cross between a crocodile and a salamander – and definitely was not an animal to be messed with. Long before the dinosaurs or even the advent of ...

The European Union agreed on Tuesday on a new law to prevent companies from selling into the EU market coffee, beef, soy and other commodities linked to deforestation around the ...

By Andreas Charalambous and Omiros Pissarides Less than three weeks ago, the British Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt unveiled an austere government budget, which includes a fiscal adjustment of £55 ...

The Tree Festival, which takes place each year on the fourth Sunday in November in Cyprus, has been celebrated on the island since 1920, the forestry department reported, in its announcement ...

Environmental NGO Friends of the Earth has called on people to consider the costs to the environment in making purchases on Black Friday weekend. Surveys have shown that huge numbers ...

Businesses and residents of the Lykavitos area in Nicosia voiced ‘desperation’ on Thursday over the restricting of a section of upper Makarios Avenue to one-way traffic, saying the change had ...

The European Union struck a deal on Thursday on a law to effectively ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2035, aiming to speed up the switch to ...

Some of the policies earmarked for the green transition may need to be revised as people will be shouldering an enormous burden due to the increasing energy prices, Finance Minister ...