
By Penelope Vasquez Hadjilyra
In April, Cyprus hosted a two-day international climate summit under its EU Council presidency. Scientists, policymakers and government representatives from 18 countries gathered in Nicosia and signed the Nicosia Call for Action 2026, a framework for regional climate cooperation in one of the most climate-vulnerable parts of the world.
The island’s presidential adviser on climate, Costas Papanicolas, stressed that climate science must be linked directly to






