Malta predicted to lose 16% groundwater volume to climate change
Groundwater supplies almost half of the potable water in the Maltese Islands, which is one of the poorest countries globally in terms of water resources
COP26: Malta among 100 countries promising to end deforestation by 2030
World leaders meeting in Glasgow to address the impact of climate change promise to end deforestation by 2030 and Malta is one of the signatories
Update 2 | BirdLife refuse to boycott board over bird laws as could be ‘counter-productive’

Five eNGOs boycott climate action board in protest at proposed law to facilitate the possession of protected birds  • Astrid Vella...

Five eNGOs boycott climate action board in protest at...

The year ahead in 2016: Climate change

‘We need to start acting on the root causes of climate change, now’ - Martin Galea De Giovanni, director Friends of the Earth Malta

‘We need to start acting on the root causes of...

The year ahead in 2016: Environment and governance

‘We must tackle the scourge of bad governance’ - Ralph Cassar,...

‘We must tackle the scourge of bad governance’...

In 2015, removing the ‘E’ from MEPA

The demerger risks undermining any influence environmental experts have on the planning process.

The demerger risks undermining any influence environmental...

In 2015, new policies opening the ODZ floodgates

Roofless and long-abandoned countryside ruins can now be transformed into...

Roofless and long-abandoned countryside ruins can now be...

Looking back at 2015: The year of the green awakening

A cold shower to activists, but the ability of civil society to set in motion a...

A cold shower to activists, but the ability of civil...

In 2015, a Pyrrhic victory for hunters sent warning signs to the political establishment

The hunting lobby won the referendum but the season was subsequently stopped three days early after a kestrel was shot in the yard of a private school. 2,000...

The hunting lobby won the referendum but the season was...

BirdLife insists new legal amendments will weaken hunting regulations

BirdLife Malta says that the government’s statement claiming that the...

BirdLife Malta says that the government’s statement...

Updated | WBRU denies reduction of penalties for illegal possession of protected birds

BirdLife Malta condemns proposed legal changes that would subject people in possession of protected birds to lower fines and legalise possession of protected...

BirdLife Malta condemns proposed legal changes that would...

How bird-ringing maps the travels of winged creatures

BirdLife Malta ringing scheme ends its 50th anniversary with a first ringing...

BirdLife Malta ringing scheme ends its 50th anniversary...

KSU slams ‘non-transparent’ Sadeen deal

Student body says transfer of ODZ land to Jordanian construction company is...

Student body says transfer of ODZ land to Jordanian...

Irregularities in Zonqor project entrenched mistrust in government - FAA

After Parliament's decision regarding Zonqor point, Flimkien ghal Ambjent Ahjar said that the public has been deprived of its land

After Parliament's decision regarding Zonqor...

Front Harsien ODZ: government failed environmental and governance tests

Government's gift to Sadeen approved through terrible governance, Front Harsien ODZ says

Government's gift to Sadeen approved through terrible...

Birdlife launches book on history of ornithology in Malta

New publication reveals the rich history of bird study in the Maltese Islands

New publication reveals the rich history of bird study in...

Paris Summit will make poor countries pay for crisis they did not cause – Friends of the Earth

Friends of the Earth say that the Paris Agreement falls short of adequate plans

Friends of the Earth say that the Paris Agreement falls...

Brincat says ‘historic’ climate change deal presents real chance to curb emissions

Environment minister Leo Brincat praises Malta’s important role in historic Paris pact but says limiting global warming to 1.5C above pre-industrial...

Environment minister Leo Brincat praises Malta’s...

EU hails climate change deal but up to governments to stick to pledges

Governments will limit warming to 1.5ºC above pre-industrial levels but this is way below the 2C that nearly 200 countries agreed as a limit six years ago...

Governments will limit warming to 1.5ºC above...

World leaders sign historical climate deal in Paris

195 nations sign deal seeking to keep average temperature increase below 2...

195 nations sign deal seeking to keep average temperature...