Month: July 2020

Open call for trainers to lead Water Academy organized in Spain, Italy, Greece  Water scarcity is a growing challenge in Southern Europe and is expected to affect also other parts of Europe in just a few decades, in particular, if no action is undertaken. According to research shared by the EU Commission, Europe could cut its overall consumption …

Open call for trainers to lead Water Academy organized in Spain, Italy, Greece – New Deadline 7th August 2020 Read More »

In partnership with United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network Global, the Athens University of Economics and Business is launching a new professional seminar on Sustainability transition. The seminar is based on the six transformations to achieve the SDGs and support the implementation of the European Green Deal. The seminar is targeted for sustainability executives and practitioners with Prof. Phoebe Koundouri leading the …

Towards Sustainable Development: “Implementation of International Agreements and Financing” Read More »

Overview As the entire planet is under immense pressure due to the ongoing COVID-2019 pandemic, questions are constantly being raised about the practices followed until today in many spheres of our life. These questions undeniably are also related to the critical issue of sustainability, as the spreading and reaction towards the pandemic provide the opportunity …

Fourth Sustainability Summit for South-East Europe and the Mediterranean Read More »

The International Conference on Sustainable Development (ICSD) provides a forum for academia, government, civil society, UN agencies, and the private sector to come together to share practical solutions to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). History In 2013, an ocean away from New York, a meeting was held in Dakar, Senegal, to find solutions to the …

ICSD 2020 – Sustainable Blue Growth: Shipping and Ports (SDSN Greece session) Read More »

PRESS RELEASE On the 1st of May 2020 the AWESOME (Managing Water, Ecosystems and Food Across Sectors and Scales in the South Mediterranean) project has officially started. The project is part of the PRIMA (Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area) Programme supported by the European Union and involves several partners of excellence: Politecnico …

AWESOME project officially started Read More »

Calling on all practitioners and students in the water energy and agriculture sectors. Join the DAFNE project partners as they deliver exciting presentations on important WEF nexus topics in the Omo- Turkana and Zambezi Basins of Africa. Experience using our knowledge visualization tools and learn more about the decision-analytic framework in river basin management. You …

DAFNE e-Summer School August 2020 Read More »

Prof. Phoebe Koundouri is speaking on National TV – ERT1, about the need for a Sustainable Recovery from COVID-19 pandemic. Invest in Renewable Energy, Circular Economy, Digitilization, Blue Growth, Clean Innovation and “Leave Non-One Behind”.

Call for a Decade of Action on the SDGs – 9 and 10 July 2020 On 9 and 10 July 2020, a meeting of Presidents of Universities take place. Participants will discuss the role of universities in actively supporting the decade of action for the implementation of Agenda 2030 and the Paris Agreement, including: 1) …

University Sector Support to UN Secretary-General’s Read More »

ΜΕΝΟΥΜΕ ΥΓΙΕΙΣ, ΠΡΟΣΤΑΤΕΥΟΥΜΕ ΤΟ ΠΕΡΙΒΑΛΛΟΝ Πλένω συχνά τα χέρια μου και χρησιμοποιώ αντισηπτικό αντί να φοράω γάντια Φέρνω πάντα το δικό μου ποτήρι, αντί για πλαστικό μίας χρήσης Έχω πάντα μαζί μου την επαναχρησιμοποιούμενη τσάντα μου Πετώ μάσκες και γάντια – δεν ανακυκλώνονται! Επιλέγω υφασμάτινες μάσκες αντί μίας χρήσης Χρησιμοποιώ το παγούρι μου, αντί για πλαστικό …

“We stay healthy and protect the environment, taking simple steps” Read More »

Measuring Sustainable Development discusses the value of measuring progress on the SDGs, and presents the Sustainable Development Report (an annual report produced by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network and Bertelsmann Stiftung) and its SDG Index and Dashboards as a tool for helping policymakers and other stakeholders make important decisions about their development priorities.   The SDG Index and …

Measuring Sustainable Development Read More »