Environment

European Union countries agreed on Monday to raise their target to curb greenhouse gas emissions under the Paris climate agreement next year, as the bloc attempts to rally ambition among ...

Cyprus and other EU member states should have done more in the past to be prepared for the green transition and weaning themselves off fossil fuels, Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides ...

President of the Kokkinochoria sewerage council and Mayor of Dherynia, Andros Karayiannis, has asked to meet with the ministers of the interior and agriculture to find a solution for the ...

Makarios avenue in Nicosia will be closed to private vehicles as of October 27 once redevelopment works have been completed, the municipality announced on Thursday. From that day onwards, only public ...

By Juliette Portala The world’s largest financial institutions increased their backing of companies in the agriculture, forestry and land use sectors most responsible for deforestation in 2021, a new study ...

By Efi Xanthou So, some good Samaritan wants to donate €1.7 million to the Limassol municipality, what is people’s problem with this? Can’t Cypriots appreciate a good deed? It’...

By Gloria Dickie The world’s wildlife populations have declined by more than two-thirds since 1970 as forests have been cleared and oceans polluted, according to an assessment released on Thursday. ...

By Oli Mould Waves of controversy were sparked recently when the Just Stop Oil activists threw tomato soup over Van Gogh’s Sunflowers at the National Gallery in London. Although ...

Cyprus will be a node in the climate activism relay Running Out of Time the general secretary of local marine protection organisation Cymepa announced on Tuesday. Speaking to CyBC radio, ...

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 ...

Two women have been charged with criminal damage after climate change protesters threw soup over Vincent van Gogh’s painting “Sunflowers” at London’s National Gallery, British police said on ...

Cyprus is in the final stages of implementing a policy that aims to mitigate the emerging challenges of climate change on a regional level, which will be presented on the ...

Truth is, we’ll need both By John Mathews The battle of the billionaires has become the stuff of headlines. The world’s richest man, Elon Musk, has gone head-to-head ...

By Steve Gorman The number of grey whales migrating along the Pacific Coast of North America has steadily declined by nearly 40 per cent from a 2016 peak, and the population produced ...

Our island climate allows for very quick biological regeneration By Nicolas Netien “It is the last year we are planting corn,” was the first thing Michel told me immediately after ...

By Sarah Ktisti Regulatory leaders need to start creating the conditions necessary for the shipping community to become greener and more competitive, Cyprus’ deputy minister for shipping Vassilis Demetriades told ...

By Sunil Kataria Sitting on the floor of a house on the outskirts of New Delhi, women smile and chat as they fill brightly coloured toy bears with white stuffing ...

By Lucy Craymer More than a dozen calves wait at a research farm in New Zealand to be fed Kowbucha, a punnily named probiotic that studies show reduces burps — or ...

The final plan for the Akamas proposed by the environment department is being examined to find a balanced solution, Interior Minister Nicos Nouris said on Tuesday. He was speaking a ...

A 5.9 magnitude earthquake with its epicentre in the sea off Taiwan’s east coast rattled the island on Tuesday, the island’s weather bureau said, with no immediate reports of ...

The death toll from Tropical storm Julia rose to at least 14 on Monday, officials said, with victims confirmed in El Salvador and Honduras, as the weakening storm dumped heavy rainfall ...

Austria said on Monday it was seeking to enlist other European Union countries to support its legal action against Brussels for labelling investment in gas and nuclear power as “green”. ...

Attempting to record and increase awareness of Cyprus’ biodiversity, an atlas has been created by the Open University of Cyprus and the Herpetological Society of Cyprus (HSC) aimed at recording ...

Vassiliko Cement Works donated four plots of land, amounting to an area of around 45,000 square metres, to environmental NGO Terra Cypria on Friday. The land, which falls within a Natura 2000 ...