The leading role of Cyprus for tackling the Climate Crisis was highlighted at the 2nd International Conference on “Climate Change in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East” (EMME region), which successfully took place in Paphos, on 13-14 October 2021, within the framework of the Cyprus Government Initiative for Coordinating Climate Change Actions in the …
(Story edited by Emilia Christofi-CNA) Cyprus is determined to take all necessary steps at a national level to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, said on Wednesday President of the Republic, Nicos Anastasiades, who pointed out the objectives of the Action Plan, which is an initiative of the Cyprus government to …
Taking action to effectively address climate change is a one-way street, Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides said, pointing out the benefits of synergies and regional cooperation and underlying the significance of the cooperation Cyprus has developed with countries in the region. Addressing Thursday the 2nd international conference on climate change in the Eastern Mediterranean and the …
Taking action to effectively address climate change is a one-way street, says Cyprus FM Read More »
This innovative partnership model aims to respond to the environmental and financing challenges of nature conservation in the Mediterranean. In the context of major global mSeobilizations to protect biodiversity, aiming to support the new objectives to protect the planet and given the many challenges affecting the Mediterranean region (including climate change, biodiversity loss, pollution and …
Over the weekend, the Union of Tyre Municipalities, the National Council for Scientific Research (CNRS), in cooperation with volunteers, environmental and scout associations, the Civil Defense, and UNIFIL, launched a campaign to clean-up Tyre Coast Nature Reserve from balls of sticky gobs and blobs of tar, which showed up last week on South Lebanon’s beaches …
Lebanon steps up efforts to clean tar contaminated beaches in southern city of Tyre Read More »
Greenpeace Middle East and North Africa program manager in Beirut, Julien Jreissati, on Monday stepped up calls on Lebanon’s Ministry of Environment to take swift measures to assess the magnitude of the risk that the Mediterranean oil spill might have on Lebanon, especially after reaching the country’s southern coast. Jreissati suggested setting up an urgent …
A new IUCN report finds that an estimated 229,000 tonnes of plastic is leaking into the Mediterranean Sea every year, equivalent to over 500 shipping containers each day. Unless significant measures are taken to address mismanaged waste, the main source of the leakage, this will at least double by 2040. Based on a compilation of data …
Over 200,000 tonnes of plastic leaking into the Mediterranean each year – IUCN report Read More »
A panel of 4 journalists from Agence France Presse, Athens News Agency, Lebanese National News Agency and Maghreb Arabe Presse engaged in this virtual coffee break hosted by the IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation in collaboration with MedWet in the framework of the Offyourmap campaign. The online session was attended by communicators from several environmental …
Virtual coffee break: COVID-19, Environment and Media in the Mediterranean Read More »
The biodiversity of our ecosystems, like climate change, is in crisis. The survival of our world is dependent on urgent action from individuals, businesses and governments. Conservationists are asking people everywhere to do their bit to protect the environment by choosing good quality food from local sustainable food producers. Since the outbreak of Covid 19 …
Resilience must be at the heart of each and every action we undertake from now on, Union for the Mediterranean Secretary General, Nasser Kamel, has told the Cyprus News Agency, in an interview on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in our region and globally, the level of solidarity, the lessons learned, the links between …