Cyprus increased its greenhouse gas emissions by 8.3 per cent in the first quarter of 2025 compared with the same period in 2024, despite economic growth of 3 per cent, according to Eurostat.
This was the third-largest rise in the EU, after Bulgaria and the Czech Republic .
Across the bloc, the economy is estimated to have generated 900 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalent in the first quarter, up 3.4
