Environment

With the launch of a new series of events called Bar Nights, Sarah’s Jazz Club will hold its first open mic night on November 10. Cultural activities, socialising events and ...

Friends of the Earth Cyprus, a Limassol-based environmental, non-governmental and non-profit organisation, has produced a documentary titled Food for Thought and this month will present it for the first time. ...

Limassol has no shortage of live music events although the end of the month has something bigger in store as the 8th Cyprus Jazz and World Music Showcase returns. Embraced ...

Poland, Vietnam, Chile and other countries will pledge on Thursday to phase out coal-fuelled power generation and stop building new plants, in a deal the COP26 summit’s British hosts ...

UN Permanent representative Elizabeth Spehar and US ambassador Judith Garber on Wednesday brought together ‘Youth Champions’ from both sides to learn about environmental leadership. The programme, run by Unficyp, is ...

Nicosia is getting its very own regular drag queen show! Jokes, wigs, glitter, performances and plenty of sass are coming to town as a new show aims at elevating the ...

The government will hold one more month of consultations with Akamas communities before the formal publication of its plan for the area, a peninsula of high environmental importance. The decision ...

The costs for Cyprus will be significant if it does not adjust itself to the EU target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55 per cent by 2030 under the ...

Banks, insurers and investors with $130 trillion at their disposal pledged on Wednesday to put combating climate change at the centre of their work, and gained support in the form of ...

The 10th Cyprus New Music Festival opens its doors on November 8 and until the 13th of the month the medieval Kasteliotissa Hall will fill with musical evenings in a week ...

Five everyday items that might not be as environmentally friendly as you think By Prudence Wade Cotton totes might be better than single-use plastic bags – but how many do you ...

Initiative includes planting a tree for every new-born baby A tree planting initiative to plant one million trees withing three years aims to sow the seeds of hope for a “...

Beauty can be found in the most unexpected places. On a weekday at a tiny coffee shop, at a local street market, in the way the leaves move in the ...

By Tom Pugh Humanity injects an almost incomprehensible 42 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO₂) into the atmosphere every year. The majority of this comes from burning fossil fuels, but a ...

There have been plenty of alternative movie nights at unusual locations, with the latest a garden centre, where the audience will be surrounded by plants and greenery. Aimer La Vie ...

Cyprus on Tuesday presented its initiative for coordinating climate change actions in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East (EMME) during the UN climate conference (COP26) in Glasgow. The summit brings ...

It hasn’t been the easiest year for creatives yet new projects, fresh approaches and more issues have seen the spotlight as Cyprus’ creative world retakes the stage, and a ...

Cyprus will allocate more than €500 million by 2026 to policies to tackle climate change, President Nicos Anastasiades told the 26th UN Climate Conference (COP26) in Glasgow on Tuesday, as he pledged ...

An upcoming film screening at Goethe-Institut Cyprus focuses on a time when the art world made a sensational discovery, just 100 years too late. In 1906, Hilma af Klint paints her first ...

Children and teenagers will participate in a peaceful protest to demand climate action this Saturday outside Paphos town hall. The demonstration is organised by the Cyprus conservation foundation Terra Cypria ...

An exhibition coming up at the Centre of Visual Arts and Research (CVAR) in Nicosia explores 15th century Cyprus through the eyes of a traveller. Titled The Grünenberg Experience: ...

Nearly 90 countries have joined a U.S.- and EU-led effort to slash emissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane 30% by 2030 from 2020 levels, a pact aimed at tackling one of ...

More than 100 global leaders late on Monday pledged to halt and reverse deforestation and land degradation by the end of the decade, underpinned by $19 billion in public and private funds ...

By Kate Abnett and Mark John Countries must put a price on the carbon dioxide emissions causing climate change, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told the United Nations ...