Month: May 2021

Athens Circular Forum II | PANEL III – BLUE ECONOMY & SUSTAINABLE TOURISM

After the success of the first Athens Circular Forum in bringing the Circular Agenda at the heart of the public debate, this year the Athens Circular Forum II took place on May 31 and June 1, as the Partner Event for Greece in the #EUGreenWeek, under the auspices of the EU Commission and the Greek Ministry of …

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IX Traditional Scientific Conference on the subject: Designing Coordinates of the Postcovid Economy – Global, Regional and Local Level

Oikos Institute – Research Center from Bijeljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Faculty for Business and Tourism from Budva Montenegro (http://www.fbt-budva.com ) organized on 28/5/2021, the IX Traditional Scientific Conference on the subject: “Designing Coordinates of the Postcovid Economy – Global, Regional and Local Level”. Prof. Koundouri gave a keynote speech on “The Global Sustainability Transition”. Learn …

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“Climate Crisis and Individual Responsibility” | Lecture

On 26/5/21 Professor Phoebe Koundouri gave a lecture to the Friends of the Goulandris Museum of Natural History on the topic: “Climate Crisis and Individual Responsibility”. Learn more here.   Στις 26/5/21, η καθηγήτρια Φοίβη Κουντούρη, παραχώρησε  ομιλία  στους Φίλους του Μουσείου Γουλανδρή Φυσικής Ιστορίας με θέμα: “Κλιματική Κρίση και Ατομική Ευθύνη“. Μάθετε περισσότερα εδώ.  

Ιnterview of Prof. Koundouri with the journalist Chrysoula Griva on CNN Greece

Δευτέρα, 24 Μάϊου 2021 Διαβάστε την συνέντευξη της καθ. Φοίβης Κουντούρη στην δημοσιογράφο Χρυσούλα Γρίβα για το CNN Greece .   «Κορωνίδα όλων των δράσεων είναι η Εκπαίδευση. Θα πρέπει η βιωσιμότητα και ο σεβασμός του ανθρώπου προς τους διαθέσιμους περιβαλλοντικούς πόρους να περάσει στη συνείδηση των πολιτών από μικρή ηλικία και να αποτελεί μέρος …

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“The Economic Case for a Sustainable Recovery from COVID-19 Pandemic” Lecture at the University of Thessaly

Στo πλαίσιo της σειράς Επιστημονικών Διαλέξεων του τμήματος Περιβάλλοντος, του Πανεπιστημίου Θεσσαλίας δόθηκε στις 24/5 διάλεξη από την Καθηγήτρια Φοίβη Κουντούρη με τίτλο : «Η Οικονομική Περίπτωση για μια Βιώσιμη Ανάκαμψη από την πανδημία COVID-19». Τίτλος: «Η Οικονομική Περίπτωση για μια Βιώσιμη Ανάκαμψη από την πανδημία COVID-19» Σύντομη περίληψη: “Τα πακέτα ανάκτησης που σχετίζονται με …

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24th Panhellenic Youth Parliament: “Redefining the value of Freedom”

On May 21st Prof Koundouri gave a keynote speech as Scientific Advisor to the Commission “European Green Deal: Policy Areas and Its Relation to the Greenwashing Effect” at the 24th Panhellenic Youth Parliament entitled ′′ Redefining the value of Freedom “. The online event is organized by the Student Association For International Affairs (SAFIA) with …

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Innowise Challenge 2021: Call for scaleups – startups related to the water management

EIT Food together with EIT Climate-KIC, EIT Digital and EIT Manufacturing are looking for twenty scaleups – startups seeing accelerated growth after demonstrating a product-market fit- and innovative SMEs working on new solutions tailored to one or several of the challenges described in the present document for the three sectors: i) food & beverage, ii) …

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European Conference: “Recovering Sustainably from the Pandemic – The European Green Deal – Thinking Locally”.

The European Green Deal – Think Locally Time: Monday, 10 May 2020, 14.00 – 19.00 CEST as an online conference The impact of the Covid 19 pandemic on Europe’s economy, health systems and democracy is enormous. In terms of European policy it will now be important to shape the economic construction in Europe in a socially …

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Webinar: Pathways to Carbon Neutrality from Global Perspectives — United States, European Union, and China

  May 19 | 8:00 – 10:00am EDT Climate change is affecting the entire world and the time available to balance the global carbon budget is running out. In order to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius – a threshold recommended by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to safeguard from the most serious impacts …

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CMBR Web Conference: Blue Growth in the Eastern Mediterranean: Challenges and opportunities

Join Prof. Koundouri today at 13:30 for her speech on “The Sustainability Transition: SDGs, EGD and Recovery Fund in Blue Growth” at CMBR Web Conference, Blue Growth in the Eastern Mediterranean: Challenges and Opportunities Blue Growth arises as a major opportunity to address the current global grand challenges of decreasing availability of resources and increasing …

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LOOKING BEYOND COVID-19: INTEGRATED PATHWAYS TO ADDRESS HEALTH, ECONOMY AND CLIMATE TOGETHER

G-STIC Side-event in the context of the 2021 STI Forum organized by the Permanent Missions of Belgium and Brazil to the UN   On 4/5 Prof. Koundouri gave a speech at the G-STIC webinar “Looking beyond Covid19: integrated pathways to address health, economy and climate”, organized by the Permanent Missions of Belgium and Brazil to …

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The Annual Conference on European Policy 2021 of the Heinrich Böll Foundation

Sustainably recovering from the pandemic The European Green Deal – Think Locally The impact of the Covid 19 pandemic on Europe’s economy, health systems and democracy is enormous. In terms of European policy it will now be important to shape the economic construction in Europe in a socially and ecologically sustainable way. The policy fields …

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Ninth IAERE Annual Conference

On 21/4 Prof Koundouri presented the activities of SDSN EU and EAERE at the Ninth IAERE Annual Conference where she opened the lecture of Prof William Nordhaus, Nobel Prize in Economics 2018, on “Bridging the Gap Between Policy and Aspirations on Climate Policy”, together with Prof. Sergio Vergalli. Learn more: https://www.iaere.org/conferences/2021/02prog.html Statement of Prof. Koudouri: …

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Lecture of Prof. Koundouri at the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg

On the 5th of May, Prof. Koundouri gave a lecture in the lecture series “FAU against CO2: Europe on the way to climate neutrality” at the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany. The title of her speech was “Sustainable recovery from COVID-19: Co-Developing the Future  Vision for a Sustainable world via Research-Innovation-Policy Interface: Europe Case Study.