Month: February 2020

LNG: A Compass for Sustainable Shipping in Eastern Mediterranean, Piraeus Annual Conference

On 26th February 2020, a conference on the latest news of the Poseidon Med II project was held at the Piraeus Port Authority, where experts discussed the Sustainable Shipping in Eastern Mediterranean. As a whole, the Global Project aims to take all steps towards the adoption of LNG as marine fuel in the Eastern Mediterranean, while making Greece an …

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Financing the Transition to a Low carbon Economy and the Challenges in Financing Climate Change Adaptation

On 13th February 2020 Professor Phoebe Koundouri acting as a European Commission expert for the Economic and Social Committee, DG Region, was invited at NAT/778 :”Financing the Transition to a Low carbon Economy and the Challenges in Financing Climate Change Adaptation”. The meeting was composed of major stakeholders: European Investment Bank, DG CLIMA and various other DGs, European Environmental Agency, European Employers Union, European …

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Single use plastic free event

On Tuesday 4th February, UN SDSN and Climate-KIC were present at the American College of Athens for the event on going Single-Use-Plastic Free co-organised by the Laskaridis foundation. Experts from business sector, academia, NGOs gathers to discuss on plastic pollution and potential solutions. Kostas Hatzidakis, Greek minister of Environment & Energy was present as a key speaker …

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Climate change: An urgent parameter of the new development model

On 4th February an event organized by Circle of Ideas for National Reconstruction and Konrad Adenauer Stiftung and hosted by King George Hotel focused on the climate change and regulation on energy, transport, shipping and tourism sectors and its impacts on the society, institution and European Integration. Prof. Koundouri, AUEB was among the speakers pointing out the …

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