Month: October 2019

On 29th October 2019, the ‘Nexus cluster workshop: Methods, tools and data for policy support on the Nexus’ took place in Brussels. The purpose of the workshop was to showcase the achievements from research projects in defining the resource nexus, including the development of methods as well as the use of tools and available data. The projects …

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On 29th October 2019, Hotel Bloom in Brussels hosted the peer review workshop on the economic impacts of Marine Spatial Planning (MSP), organized in the framework of the European Commission DG Maritime Affairs and Fisheries. Professor Phoebe Koundouri was invited and took part in the workshop, which included different moments: the presentation of the study by the …

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The last BRIGAID Project Meeting took take place from 23rd to 25th October 2019 in Tirana, hosted by our partner AKPT, and with a strong involvement from the national Community of Innovation supporting BRIGAID activity in Albania. In addition to the regular Project meeting, two external events took place. On Wednesday, 23rd October 2019, a workshop has been organised to reflect on …

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On 24th and 25th October 2019, Prof. Andreas Papandreou, Vera Alexandropoulou and Mr. Spyrou attended a workshop on the EIT Climate-KIC Deep Demonstration in Turku, Finland. The aim of the lab was to envision the future of the ports participating in this process. In particular, it introduced participants to futures literacy; produced collective knowledge about potential futures of …

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On 23rd and 24th October 2019, Kemijski inštitut hosted the ‘Climate-Kic Hub event Slovenia’, focused on exploring collaboration opportunities and synergies in Deep Demonstration activities. The event integrated both presentations on Deep Demonstrations topics as also debates and brainstorming sessions on energy transition, circular economy, industry 4.0, adaptation to climate changes, food and more, in which ICRE8 researcher Alice Guittard …

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On 25th October 2019 an international seminar organised by the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, the UNESCO chair on climate diplomacy and the International Centre of Comparative Environmental Law took place in Athens aiming at exploring the potential role of legal indicators in assessing the performance of sustainable development law. Prof. Koundouri gave a speech on the …

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On 23rd October 2019, SDSN Greece took part in the meeting “Towards COP 21: Youth Event” in Naples, organized by the Italian Ministry of Environment, Land and Sea, in collaboration with the Municipality of Napoli and the Institute for Studies on the Mediterranean of the National Research Council (ISMed/CNR), with the support of UN SDSN Mediterranean. The …

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On 21st October 2019, Professor Koundouri participated in a debate regarding the urgency for a Global Green New Deal together with Prof. Robert Pollin and moderated by the journalist Pavlos Tsimas at the Goulandris Natural History Museum. Prof. Koundouri contributed to the discussion with a speech which title was: “The Sustainability Transition has started! Will it happen fast …

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From 16th to 18th October 2019 an International Conference in Management of Accessible Underwater Cultural and Natural Heritage Sites organized by the BLUEMED project with the support of the Med Sustainable Tourism Community with the theme “Dive in Blue Growth” has hosted at the Acropolis Museum. The conference aimed to answer questions related to the common challenges that these assets …

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On 16th and 17th October 2019, the Economist Events and the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) Greece in association with UN SDSN Mediterranean, UN SDSN Black Sea and EIT Climate-KIC Hub Greece, organized the Third Sustainability Summit for south-east Europe and the Mediterranean hosted by Goulandris Natural History Museum. Over the years this Summit has developed …

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The aim of the Hub event was to present EIT Climate-KIC programmes and ongoing projects focusing on the current work and future prospects and collaboration of the Deep Demonstration project aiming to accelerate the transition to sustainability in Greece.

On 15th October 2019, BlueMed 4th Platforms Meeting hosted by Palacio Real de Pedralbes took place in Barcelona. There, Lydia Papadaki, SDSN Greece manager, presented the 4-Seas Initiative led by UN SDSN Greece and UN SDSN Black Sea and other ongoing projects related to Blue Growth and Sustainability transition.

From Wednesday 9th to Friday 11th October 2019, Athens Democracy Forum in association with The New York Times was hosted in Greece and specifically at the Grand Bretagne, Zappeion Megaron and the Old Parliament House. Personalities across the globe discussed different views on the future of Democracy capturing great interest by those attended it. UN SDSN Greece supported …

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On Saturday 12th October 2019, the Goulandris Natural History Museum performed a large program on the impacts of climate change in Greece, based on the latest study of the Bank of Greece, under the scientific responsibility of the academic Mr. Christos Zerefos, entitled: “Climate change: Planet Earth sends a distress signal Time for Action, Time for Hope”. Professor Phoebe Koundouri participated giving a speech about sustainability …

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