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ROC's broader sustainability policies
Cyprus has taken a variety of steps and initiatives to lay the foundation for green and social progress within its
national laws and regulations:
Bolstering ROC's sustainability agenda through policy
Climate
Change/Transition:
'SAVE' subsidy scheme
'Polluter pays' laws
● Amendments to
Motor/Traffic Laws
● Environmental
Information Regulations
●Renewable Energy
Directive & Energy
Efficiency National Fund
River Basin
Management Plan and
Water Policy
Flood Risk Management
Plan
Nearly Zero Energy
Buildings Action Plan
Water Scarcity and
Drought:
● Sustainable Water
Resources Management
Strategy
• Water infrastructure,
desalination and
recycling projects
• System upgrades:
installation of new
metering, improved
irrigation networks and
piping
• Investment in
wastewater treatment
and upgraded flood
channels
In line with EU water
directives
Wildlife Conservation:
⚫ 'Natura 2000' European
Ecological Network
• 63 marine and terrestrial
Sites of Community
Importance ('SCIs')
• Species & habitat types
included in Annexes of
the EU Habitats
Directive
1996 Convention on
Biological Diversity
(Regulatory) Act
⚫ 2012 Forestry Law,
Forest Advisory Board &
National Forestry Policy
Promoting Social
Welfare:
● Guaranteed Minimum
Income and Social
Benefits Law maintains
social welfare for
citizens struggling to
meet their basic needs
in the event of a
downturn
• The GMI scheme is
aligned with other
European minimum
income schemes
• Social benefits to
persons with disabilities
help cover their social
needs and assist in
further improving the
quality of their everyday
life.
Strategic Focus on
Agriculture:
Under the EU Common
Agricultural Policy (CAP)
2021-27, specific
subsidies are included
to support entry into the
farming profession for
those under 40
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