On Monday 31st August the second meeting of the Global Roundtable for Sustainable Shipping and Ports took place and it was organized by SDSN Greece. In our last meeting, we discussed the steps taken in the shipping and ports sectors in the latest 30 years, the factors mobilising the transition such as the technological innovations …
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Please find herewith the web link to a vacancy call by the Global Water Partnership (GWP) for a Senior Private Sector Engagement Specialist: https://www.gwp.org/en/GWP-Mediterranean/About-GWP/who/Vacancies1/call-for-the-recruitment-of-senior-private-sector-engagement-specialist-for-water/ The (extended) deadline for applications is on Friday, 4 September 2020. Do not hesitate to further disseminate the call as you deem relevant.
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 …
On the 19th of August, Professor Phoebe Koundouri (Athens University of Economics and Business, President EAERE) is a keynote speaker at the opening interactive panel on the nexus between health, climate and the economy – alongside Professor Sarah Gilbert (Oxford University, Head of COVID-19 Oxford vaccine team) and Professor Jeffrey Sachs (Columbia University), at the World Conference …
Calling all civil society organisations, municipalities, research institutions and more! Do you have an innovative idea for integrating climate and sustainability into education? EIT Climate-KIC will be awarding selected experiments with up to €15,000. Deadline is 28 August. Submit your application now: https://www.climate-kic.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/82.-EduEx-2020-FINAL.pdf
Taken into account of COVID-19 pandemic worldwide causing significant delays in business operations worldwide, the award host has decided to extend the closing date of registration to August 31. The new timeline is as below: ⏰ Registration close: August 31 ⏰ Winner announced (by separate notice): October 15 ⏰ Award Ceremony: November 18 Refer to …
2020 The 3rd Global Corporate Sustainability Award Read More »
A piece by Phoebe Koundouri in today’s Greek newspaper “ΤΑ ΝΕΑ”: Sustainability in the New Development Plan of Greece. She discusses the allocation of the Recovery Fund, the European Green Deal Budget and the new MFF. “The COVID- 19 pandemic, the ensuing economic downturn and the climate crisis, are the current major global crises, with …
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Call for Nominations As the demand for more accurate regional weather and seasonal predictions as well as climate projections increases, the need to improve the weather and climate models that underpin those predictions and projections becomes more urgent. In recognition of the essential role model development plays to weather and climate science, the World Climate Research …
WCRP/WWRP International Prize for Model Development 2020 Read More »
THE ECONOMICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE GEORGE ECONOMIDES, ANDREAS PAPANDREOU (NKUA, ICRE8 and SDSN co-chair), EFTICHIOS SARTZETAKIS (University of Macedonia) AND ANASTASIOS XEPAPADEAS (Athens University of Economics and Business and ICRE8) The present volume provides a comprehensive, state-of-the-art review of the economics of climate change, focusing on the design of economic policy aimed at controlling the climate …
” The Economics of Climate Change ” – Just published with the bank of greece! Read More »
On the 19th of August, Professor Phoebe Koundouri (Athens University of Economics and Business, President EAERE) is a keynote speaker at the opening interactive panel on the nexus between health, climate and the economy – alongside Professor Sarah Gilbert (Oxford University, Head of COVID-19 Oxford vaccine team) and Professor Jeffrey Sachs (Columbia University), at the World Conference …
What’s so new about Circular Economy in our region Project: Western Balkan Circular and Climate Innovation Beacons PROJECT GOAL CE Beacons project started this year and his goal is to develop a CE ecosystem and services that will enable the transition to CE in the Western Balkans. FUNDING SOURCE EIT Climate-KIC through INNOVATION ECOSYSTEMS …
Newsletter April- August 2020 UN SDSN Greece PESD, National and Kapodestrian University of Athens and ICRE8 EIT Climate KIC Greece, Athena Research Center ReSEES, Athens University of Economics and Business From the editors: Dear Readers, In this issue we present the latest news for the period from April 2020 to August 2020 for our Cluster on Sustainability …
Cluster on Sustainability Transition | Newsletter April- August 2020 Read More »
We are pleased to invite you to participate in the Webinar entitled “Understanding the Circular Economy at system level for business development”, which will take place in digital format on August 17, 2020, 12:00-13:40 CET . This topic was determined by the recommendations received from the participants who have registered for our first webinar and identified his as their main …
Webinar for Parliamentarians: COVID-19 and Climate Change August 4, 2020 | 8:00 am to 10:00 am EDT | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm CEST | Other Time Zones The COVID-19 pandemic represents the greatest threat to humanity since World War II. In addition to the immediate public health emergency, policies such as lockdowns and sheltering in …
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Η παρακάτω έρευνα δημιουργήθηκε στα πλαίσια του έργου Circular Learning Hub, το οποίο χρηματοδοτείτε από το EIT Climate-KIC. Το έργο στοχεύει να δημιουργήσει έναν κόμβο εκπαίδευσης επιχειρηματιών και επενδυτών επιδιώκοντας τη μετάβαση του ευρύτερου οικοσυστήματος σε μια κυκλική οικονομία Project partners: Universita Politecnica delle Marche, Ιταλία Agenzia Nazionale per le Nuove Tecnologie, Ιταλία Energia e …
The recent EC directive on single-use plastic products (SUP) requires governments to take action to reduce or ban certain SUP to increase plastic waste prevention (PWP). EIT Climate-KIC portfolio lacks applications of the SUP directive that engage experiments with local government citizens and private operators. In terms of innovation, in Europe cities lack governance systems …
Kick-off meeting of the MEDFreeSup project (funded by EIT Climate-KIC) Read More »
Developed in collaboration between Oxford University Press, the European Agricultural and Applied Economics Publications Foundation, and the European Association for Agricultural Economics, Q Open is an innovative new open-access journal, publishing applied research across agricultural, climate, environmental, food, resource, and rural development economics. The title is inspired by the Q category of the Journal of …
Press Release by UN SDSN Greece The first meeting of the Global Roundtable for Sustainable Shipping and Ports Initiative took place on Friday 31st July 2020. The Global Roundtable for Sustainable Shipping and Ports was launched at the COP25 in December 2019 in Madrid, Spain. This initiative led by Prof. Phoebe Koundouri, Athens University of Economics and Business and President-Elect of …
Webinar for Parliamentarians: COVID-19 and Climate Change August 4, 2020 | 8:00 am to 10:00 am EDT | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm CEST | Other Time Zones The COVID-19 pandemic represents the greatest threat to humanity since World War II. In addition to the immediate public health emergency, policies such as lockdowns and sheltering in …
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Resources SDSN Youth Philippines launched the Interactive Philippine Dashboard, an initiative focused on combating misinformation on COVID-19 in the Philippines. SDSN Members Institute for Security Studies (ISS) and Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) partnered with the Frederick S Pardee Center for International Futures to release their new report, Exploring the impact of COVID-19 in Africa: a …
SDSN Networks Confront the Pandemic with Knowledge Read More »
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