#climate change

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 ...

Four people died in Spain, two in France and two in Italy as an early summer heatwave continued to grip much of Europe on Wednesday, triggering health alerts and forest ...

By Jen Kostuchuk, Erik Steiner, and Sean Lyons “I wish adults knew that I really care about the environment and want to help, but I sometimes feel like my ideas ...

Historical climate patterns could offer a way to combat climate change  The fifth month of 2025 is nearing its end, and Cyprus has already faced its first wildfire, several heatwaves and ...

The relationship between the Netherlands and Cyprus is “broad and multifaceted,” with notable cooperation in the agricultural sector, Dutch Ambassador Wouter Plomp said. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency, Plomp ...

Without proper adaptation measures, public expenditures needed in the coming decades for the rehabilitation of infrastructure and compensation for climate-related disasters may derail government spending, the Cyprus Institute (CyI) warned ...

Europe experienced its warmest March since records began, as climate change continues to push temperatures to unprecedented levels, European Union scientists said on Tuesday. Globally, last month was the planet’...

There was an increase in fires in Cyprus during 2024, however they were fewer than the ones recorded in 2021, according to a report on forest fires published on Wednesday by the ...

The US Federal Reserve announced on Friday it had withdrawn from a global body of central banks and regulators devoted to exploring ways to police climate risk in the financial ...

Climate summits are notorious for running into overtime and into the weekend and COP29 is no exception. We have a deal of sorts, but more iterations are expected during the ...

The annual UN Climate Change Summit, COP29, has opened in Baku, Azerbaijan. As many as 50,000 delegates from 200 countries are expected to attend. But key world leaders from the US, Europe, ...

Cyprus, as the 2024 president of the Med9 group of Mediterranean EU countries, is focusing on transforming the Mediterranean into a green energy corridor, according to Energy Minister George Papanastasiou. Addressing ...

By Theodoros Zachariadis Climate change seems to proceed faster than predicted and is developing into a global crisis, as evidenced by prolonged heat waves with extremely high temperatures, large-scale fires, ...

Cyprus is a perfect example of the severe challenges posed by water scarcity in the Eastern Mediterranean, Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou said during the MED9 summit of agriculture ministers held ...

Cyprus is expected to face some of the most severe climate-related impacts on vulnerable households among European countries, according to a study published by the Cyprus Institute as part of ...

Cyprus has the second largest drop in the number of firefighters within its ranks across 12 EU member states in 2023, an analysis by European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) has revealed. The ...

By Nicolas Netien Imagine walking into your local supermarket, reaching for that trusted bottle of olive oil, only to find that the price has nearly doubled. This isn’t just ...

By Sachin Ravikumar and Toby Melville Behind the lush greenery, roses in bloom and birdsong at London’s famous Kew Gardens lies the darker reality of climate change, which threatens ...

By Stella Qiu and Lucy Craymer When floods hit the eastern Australian town of Lismore two years ago, Adam Bailey lost all the historic collections from his antique store, including ...

Half of Cyprus’ beaches may disappear within the next 50 years due to rising sea levels, climate scientist Dr Giorgos Zittis from the Cyprus Institute has warned. “Sea level rise is ...

By Tatiana der Avedissian Climate and gender are not generally treated as related issues – yet they are.  Climate change most harshly affects those living in extreme poverty, and these are ...

A more rightward-leaning European Parliament will make it harder to pass ambitious EU climate policies, but the majority of Europe’s current world-leading green policies are likely to stay put, ...