A series of expert workshops on the future of public transport and the draft of a strategy for the reduction of gas emissions were organized in Nicosia between November 2021 -February 2022.
The workshops were organized by University College London (UCL), AECOM (a transport consulting company) and the Cyprus University of Technology.
A press release sent to Cyprus News Agency by the British High Commission, which supported the workshops, says that the initiative was taken based on the latest environmental statistics, published in Eurostat, according to which Cyprus, is the country with the 3rd smallest population in the European Union (EU), however has the third highest percentage of purchase of private vehicles (645 cars per 1000 inhabitants) and holds the sixth highest position in the EU emissions (> 10 tons “per capita emissions in 2019).
Source: Cyprus News Agency