Cyprus Asserts Itself As Regional Hub For Climate-change Research
The
tiny island of Cyprus is reshaping itself into a regional hub for
climate-change research. The country lies at the meeting point of the
Mediterranean, the Middle East and North Africa — areas where
climate change is expected to take a heavy toll in the coming
decades, but where research capacity to address the issue is limited.
Cyprus’s
president, Nicos Anastasiades, announced plans on 5 June 2019 to
create a government initiative that will coordinate action against
global warming across the Mediterranean and support the creation of a
€30-million (US$35-million) climate-change research centre at the
Cyprus Institute in Nicosia, the nation’s leading multidisciplinary
research institution. “This is a priority issue for the
government,” says Theodoulos Mesimeris, head of the climate-change
division of the Cypriot environment ministry. The initiative will
also create a comprehensive plan to reduce Cyprus’s greenhouse-gas
emissions in line with the 2015 Paris climate accord.
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Water scarcity is expected to become a growing problem in Cyprus and the surrounding region with climate change.Credit: PetrosKaradjias/AP/REX/Shutterstock...