The Regional Programme Energy Security and Climate Change in Middle East and North Africa of the German Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (Konrad Adenauer Foundation; https://www.kas.de/en/) has published a new series of articles on Climate Change Mitigation in the Eastern Mediterranean. EEWRC’s Professor emeritus Manfred A. Lange, who also contributed two of the six papers in the sequence was the editor …
In an important academic achievement, CyI Associate Professor Sorin Hermon, alongside fellow authors Franco Niccolucci, Director of VAST-LAB research laboratory at PIN in Prato, Italy and Achille Felicetti, Senior Researcher at the University of Florence has been awarded the prestigious Data 2022 Best Paper Award for their paper titled “Populating the Data Space for Cultural …
A workshop dedicated to the past, present and future of the Cyprus cattle breed was successfully held on Friday, March 15, 2024 at The Cyprus Institute’s premises, organised by the Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development, and Environment in collaboration with BirdLife Cyprus and with the support of The Cyprus Institute, the Ministry of Education, Culture, …
The Climate and Atmosphere Research Center (CARE-C) of the Cyprus Institute and the Ministry of Environment of Egypt have recently joined forces in an effort to further enhance the established air quality network of Cairo, by enhancing the capabilities to measure specific pollutants, setting up an advanced early warning system and the ability to identify …
The new European Union Directive 2023/959 is a milestone of EU climate policy by launching a new Emissions Trading System for the fuels used in buildings, road transport, and light industry. It is expected to have a significant effect on energy use and accelerate the green transition of Europe, but its impacts, costs, and benefits …
As an important milestone leading up to the 10th World Water Forum in Bali in May 2024, the 5th Mediterranean Water Forum unfolded in Tunisia from 5th to 7th February 2024. Hosted by the Mediterranean Water Institute (IME) and the Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfMs), with the backing of the Tunisian Ministry …
Nikolas Bakirtzis (Assoc. Prof., CyI) co-edited with Lucca Zavagno (Assoc. Prof., Bilkent U.) “The Routledge Handbook of the Byzantine City: From Justinian to Mehmet II (ca. 500 – ca. 1500).” The volume also includes a chapter by PhD candidate and APAC Labs / STARC Research Assistant Athanasios Koutoupas, and, two chapters by Dr. Bakirtzis. The …
Research-driven environmental policies, and new technologies and services to support their effective implementation and monitoring, are essential for a timely and concerted approach to adapt to and mitigate the effects of the unfolding climate crisis. European Research Infrastructures (RIs) of the Environment Domain, collectively referred to as the European Environmental and Earth System RIs (ENVRI) …
The Computation-based Science and Technology Research Center (CaSToRC) of The Cyprus Institute hosted a landmark “Industry Day” on Tuesday, January 16, 2024, organised within the framework of the EUROCC2 project. The event, led by CaSToRC Director, Prof. Constantine Dovrolis, marks a significant step in incorporating advanced digital technologies such as High-Performance Computing (HPC), High-Performance Data …
The Environment Agency-Abu Dhabi (EAD) has completed the first Arabian Gulf atmospheric research expedition aboard the marine research vessel “Jaywun”, gathering ground ozone and emissions formation data in Abu Dhabi waters. The expedition was a collaboration between EAD and the Climate and Atmosphere Research Center (CARE-C) of The Cyprus Institute, and the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry …