Environmental pressure on Cyprus will only increase

With 2025 coming to a close, Cyprus is leaving behind a year during which the environment was one of the – quite literally – hottest topics on the island.

Worries over persisting water scarcity and the corresponding consequences for local farming and drinking water supplies, record summer with temperatures climbing above 45 degrees Celsius, the Limassol forest fires in July and their devastating consequences – and the most recent, heavy rain that caused floods in various parts of the island.