The Climate Change Initiative in the news

22 January 2026

Europe Must Learn to Live with Fire

Tv & Radio Clips

ΑΝΤ1 ΜΕΡΑ ΜΕΣΗΜΕΡΙ – ANT1 NOON PROGRAM
ASTRA MORNING PROGRAM
ΑΛΦΑ ΔΕΛΤΙΟ ΕΙΔΗΣΕΩΝ – ALPHA TV NEWS
ΡΙΚ ΔΕΛΤΙΟ ΕΙΔΗΣΕΩΝ – RIK TV NEWS
ΑΝΤ1 ΔΕΛΤΙΟ ΕΙΔΗΣΕΩΝ – ANT1 TV NEWS
ΣΙΓΜΑ ΔΕΛΤΙΟ ΕΙΔΗΣΕΩΝ – SIGMA TV NEWS
ΡΙΚ ΡΑΔΙΟΦΩΝΟ – RIK RADIO
ΠΡΩΤΟΣΕΛΙΔΟ – ΚΩΣΤΑΣ Ν. ΠΑΠΑΝΙΚΟΛΑΣ

Press Clips

Prevention gaps favor mega-fires (POLITIS CYPRUS)
Integrated fire prevention strategy recommended by European report (HARAVGI CYPRUS)
Fire suppression alone no longer enough – report (CYPRUS MAIL)

Internet Clips

Prevention gaps favor mega-fires: Suppression alone is not enough inour time, say European scientists (politis.com.cy)
Prevention Gaps Favor MegaFires (en.politis.com.cy Integrate fire risk into all policies, European report suggests (limassoltoday.com.cy)
Cyprus and Europe must learn to live with fires (simerini.sigmalive.com)
European report presented in Nicosia urges integration of wildfire riskacross all policies (cbn.com.cy)
SOS for forest fires: Cyprus is a higher risk area, what a European reportrecords (alphanews.live)
Recommendation for a comprehensive fire prevention strategy (riknews.com.cy)
Cyprus faces rising wildfire risks amid climate change (stockwatch.com.cy)
Europe set to lose area equivalent to Cyprus annually as scientists warnof mega-fire era (in-cyprus.philenews.com)
Fire suppression alone no longer enough for Cyprus, says EU report (cyprus-mail.com)
EASAC Report: Fire Suppression Alone Is Not Enough The Challenges forCyprus (politis.com.cy)
Cyprus and Europe Must Learn to Live with Fires – Pafos Live (pafoslive.com.cy)
European report: Integrating fire risk into all policies (cyprustimes.com)
European report: Integrating fire risk into all policies (sigmalive.com)
European report: Integrating fire risk into all policies (larnakaonline.com.cy)
Cyprus on the front line of forest fire risk EASAC warning for riskintegration into all policies – OmegaLive (omegalive.com.cy)
Integrating fire risk into all policies suggests European report presentedin Nicosia (offsite.com.cy)
Need to emphasize prevention to deal with fires in Cyprus – Suppressionalone is not enough (boussias.news)
Need to emphasize prevention to deal with fires in Cyprus – Suppressionalone is not enough (reporter.com.cy

8th Cairo Water Week

Marine Environment Workshop

December 2024

Relaunch and Expanded Mandate
In December 2024, official government statements confirmed the initiative’s relaunch with an expanded mandate. This new phase, coordinated by The Cyprus Institute in collaboration with the Ministries of Agriculture and Foreign Affairs, focuses on three pillars:

• Science-to-Policy Interface: Reactivating 13 scientific task forces to provide updated regional impact reports to policymakers.
• Cross-border Projects: Identifying and promoting regional projects of broad interest.
• Regional Scientific Alliance (RSA-CC): Establishing a permanent network of research institutions to co-create research agendas and share data.

Reference: Cyprus Relaunches EMME Climate Change Initiative – CNA

November 2024

COP29 Intervention
At the UN Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku, President Christodoulides reinforced this revival, stating that the initiative aims to develop synergies for mitigating climate impacts through cross-border projects.

Reference: Cyprus Committed to Global Emissions Reduction – CBN 

26 September 2024

Revival of the EMME-CCI Initiative by President Christodoulides: Strengthening Regional Cooperation for Climate Action in the Eastern Mediterranean & Middle East

Reference: In Focus – CyI

Reference: Revival of the Cyprus Initiative on Climate Change – PreventionWeb

23 November 2022

THE CYPRUS INSTITUTE IS A PIONEER IN THE FIGHT AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE (ΤΟ ΙΝΣΤΙΤΟΥΤΟ ΚΥΠΡΟΥ ΠΡΩΤΟΣΤΑΤΗΣ ΣΤΗ ΜΑΧΗ ΚΑΤΑ ΤΗΣ ΚΛΙΜΑΤΙΚΗΣ ΑΛΛΑΓΗΣ)

Alpha News Live, Brief (Cyprus), Boussias News, CyprusNews, Offsite, NeaKypros

8 November 2022

SHARM EL-SHEIKH DECLARATION OF THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN AND MIDDLE EAST CLIMATE CHANGE INITIATIVE AT THE 27^TH CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES OF THE UNFCCC (COP 27)

The President of the Republic hosted an event for Cyprus’ Climate Change Initiative in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East (EMME) (Press & Information Office – Cyprus)

President El-Sisi witnesses the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East (EMME) Climate Change Initiative (EMME-CCI) (State Information Service – Egypt)

Egyptian president calls for leaders to coordinate climate change policies with NGOs (ARAB NEWS)

 Sisi witnesses heads of state summit for launch of EMME-CCI (The Egyptian Gazette)

Sisi-welcomes-participants-in-emme-cci (Sada Elbalad English)

Sisi: Egypt was keen on joining Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East Climate Change Initiative since its launch in 2019 (Egypt today)

Αναστασιάδης στην COP27: Παρά το μικρό μέγεθος της χώρας μας, είμαστε αποφασισμένοι να συμβάλουμε (euronews- video)

Eastern Med, ME are one of the most affected regions by climate change: Sisi at COP27 (Ahram online)

28 June 2022

“Climate Change and Weather Extremes in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East”- “Reviews of Geophysics”

7 June 2022

2nd Ministerial Meeting of the Cyprus Government Initiative for Coordinating Climate Change Actions in the Eastern Mediterranean & Middle East (EMME) Region

ANT1 TV 
CyBC TV 
PIO (ENG)
PIO (ENG) 
PIO (GR) 
PIO (GR) 
PIO (GR) 
CNA & Reporter & Kathimerini & ANT1 & Sigma Live & Dialogos & Stock Watch & Cyprus News EU & PhileNews & Politis (pdf)

1st Ministerial Meeting of the Cyprus Government Initiative for Coordinating Climate Change Actions in the Eastern Mediterranean & Middle East (EMME) Region

2 February 2022

Rio
Phileleftheros
Brief
Kathimerini
Sigmalive
Offsite
RIK
Dialogos

2nd International Conference: Climate Change in the Mediterranean and the Middle East: Challenges and Solutions

13-14 October 2021

Politis – radio interview (audio stream)
Cyprus Mail (pdf)
SigmaLive & InBusiness News & Paideia News & InCy News & Palo (pdf)
ANT1 TV 13-9-21 (video streaming)
PhileNews & Active Radio 15-9-21 (pdf)
Zwaya.com (external link)
SIGMA TV “Protoselido” 20-9-21 (video steaming)
Alpha TV “Alpha Enimerosi” 27-9-21 (video streaming)
OMEGA TV “Enimerosi Tora” 29-9-21 (video streaming)
CyBC TV Brand News 3-10-21 (video streaming)
Sigma TV “Tomes sta Gegonota” 4-10-21 (video streaming)
Sigma Live (pdf)
Sigma TV “Mesimeri kai Kati” 6-10-21 (video streaming)
CyBC TV “Apo Mera Se Mera” 6-10-21 (video streaming)
Cyprus News Digest 8-10-21 (audio streaming)
Charq Awssat Journal (external link)
AlphaNews.live & Pafos Live & Pafos net (pdf)
CNA (external link)
SIGMALIVE (external link)
PHILENEWS (external link)
PHILENEWS (external link)
ANT1 (external link)
CYPRUS TIMES (external link)
HELLO JOURNAL (external link)
NOMISMA (external link)
ADESMOFTOS (external link)
TAXIDROMOS (external link)
ALPHANEWS (external link)
CyBC (external link)
CyBC (external link)
SIGMALIVE (external link)
Politis (external link)
SIGMALIVE (external link)
ALPHANEWS (external link)
KATHIMERINH (external link)
OMEGALIVE (external link)
Dialogos (external link)
Reporter  (external link)
CNA (external link)
LARNAKA ONLINE (external link)
EURONEWS (external link)
Nationalobserver (external link)
CYPRUS MAIL (external link)
IN CYPRUS (external link)
KANALI 6 (external link)
THE ARAB WEEKLY (external link)
Economictimes.indiatimes (external link)
Worldakkam (external link)
CyBC 13/10/21 (video streaming)
CNA (external link)
Omega (external link)
File News (external link)
InBusiness (external link)
Omega (external link)
Reporter (external link)
ANT1 (external link)
CyBC (external link)
Dialogos (external link)
Kathimerini (external link)
Omega (external link)
CyBC (external link)
CNA (external link)
Politis (external link)
Kathimerini (external link)
Offsite (external link)
Omega TV 13/10/21 (video streaming)
ANT1 TV 13/10/21 (video streaming)
Alpha TV 13/10/21 (video streaming)
InBusiness News (external link)
CyBC (external link)
Sigma Live (external link)
ANT1 (external link)
FileNews (external link)
Cyprus Times (external link)
Sigma Live (external link)
Dialogos (external link)
ERT (external link)
ERT (external link)
Stockwatch (external link)
AP (external link)
Global Networks (external link)
Capital.gr (external link)
Liberal.gr (external link)
Omega Live (extrenal link)
CNA (external link)
CyBC TV 13/10/21 (video streaming) 
Al Quds Al Arabi (external link)
Alitheia & Cyprus Mail & Xaravgi & Politis & Fileleftheros & AlphaNews live & Politis & CNA & Omega Live & Cyprus Times & Dialogos & Ant1.com.cy & Taxidromos & Nomisma (pdf)
ALPHA TV 13-10-21 (video streaming)
ANT1 TV 13-10-21 (video streaming)
OMEGA TV 13-10-21 (video streaming)
CyBC TV 13-10-2021 (video streaming)
SIGMA TV 13-10-2021 (video streaming)

Climate Crisis in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East region

6 October 2021

CNA & PhileNews & Stock Watch & Alpha News.live & Politis & Dialogos & Ant1.com & Epixirimatiki & InCy News & In Cyprus (pdf) 
Ant1.com & Alpha News.live & Paideia News & Cyprus Mail & Taxidromos & Filoxenos (pdf)
ALPHA TV 06-10-21 (video streaming)
ANT1 TV 06-10-21 (video streaming)
CyBC TV 06-10-21 (video streaming)
SIGMA TV 06-10-21 (video streaming)
Omega TV 06-10-21 (video streaming)

2nd International Conference: Climate Change in the Eastern Mediterranean & Middle East

September – October 2021

Cyprus Mail (pdf)
SigmaLive & InBusiness News & Paideia News & InCy News & Palo (pdf)
ANT1 TV 13-9-21 (video streaming)
PhileNews & Active Radio 15-9-21 (pdf)
Zwaya.com (external link)
SIGMA TV “Protoselido” 20-9-21 (video steaming)
Alpha TV “Alpha Enimerosi” 27-9-21 (video streaming)
OMEGA TV “Enimerosi Tora” 29-9-21 (video streaming)

Cyprus Government Climate Change Initiative: A Step Closer to Forming a Regional Climate Action Plan for the Eastern Mediterranean & Middle East Region

6 July 2021

SigmaLive & InBusiness News & Paideia News & InCy News & Palo (pdf)

Webinar on the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East Climate Change Initiative

15 October 2020

Politis (pdf)
CNA & InBusiness News & StockWatch & Ygeia Watch & CyprusNews (pdf)

Cyprus Biodiversity Strategy Approved Within the Context of Cyprus Climate Change Initiative

4 June 2020

Sigma Live & Politis & Cyprus Times & Cyprus Mail (pdf)
Alitheia (pdf)

Climate Change Initiative

24 January 2020

Politis & CyprusNews.eu (pdf)

CyI President Prof. Costas Papanicolas Presents The Cyprus Government Initiative for Coordinating Climate Change Actions in the EMME Region, at COP25 in Madrid

12 December 2019

CNA & Brief & PaideiaNews & InBusiness News (pdf)
Fileleftheros (pdf)

“Cyprus Climate Change Initiative”

October and November 2019

Phileleftheros-Insider (pdf)
Politis (pdf)

The Cyprus Institute an Important Partner to the Ministry of Agriculture Regarding the Climate Change Initiative

21 May 2019

Cyprus Mail & Alitheia & Politis (pdf)
CNA & Offsite & Reporter & NewsBomb Cyprus (pdf)
Fileleftheros & Cyprus Mail & Charavgi (pdf)
Philenews & Alphanews Live & Politis & 24h & StockWatch & Nomisma & Energy Press & Omega Live & Kanali Eksi & Impossible Works & Dialoyos (pdf)

Climate Change Initiative Announced Following CyI’s International Conference on Climate Change

5 June 2018

Kathimerini & Fileleftheros & Politis & Alitheia & Cyprus Mail (pdf)
Ant1 interview & Ant1 report (streaming video)
CNA & SigmaLive & Fileleftheros & Kathimerini & AlphaNews Live & RIK News & Stockwatch & Offsite Cy & NewsBomb & Cyprus Times & Reporter & eKirikas & To Thema Online & Nomisma & Energy Press & 24h & Cyprus News & News In Cyprus & Cyprus Journal & Palo & Laimitomos & iKypros & News IT & Prasini Energeia & 24News (pdf)
CNA & Cyprus Mail & News In Cyprus & Cyprus News & MFA News Network (pdf)
Times of Malta (pdf) & webpage link
CyBC (1) (streaming video) & CyBC (2) (streaming video)
CyBC1 (streaming video) & CyBC Radio (audio)
Kathimerini (pdf)
Simerini (pdf)