Author name: Mary Psilou

Successful Completion of the UN SDSN ESG Course in the Academic Year 2022-23

In the academic year 2022-23, three rounds of the UN SDSN ESG course were successfully conducted, providing comprehensive training in Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) criteria and the principles of Sustainable Development. A total of 90 professionals participated in the program and earned an ESG training certificate. This innovative training program is a collaboration […]

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Seminar Series – Tehran Institute of Advanced Studies (TeIAS) | Prof. Phoebe Koundouri

On Wednesday, May 10, Professor Phoebe Koundouri gave an invited lecture entitled: “SDSN Global Climate Hub: Science-based Solution Pathways for Climate Neutrality” at the Tehran Institute of Advanced Studies (TeIAS) at Hatam University. During her lecture, Prof. Koundouri presented the work of her team (research projects, innovation accelerators, and science-policy interface building) under the Alliance of

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The Living Lab Modeler, a tool to manage and valorise Living Lab activities | DESIRA H2020 project

Living Labs are a very common method applied in co-creation processes for recording problems and solutions related to innovation and pressing societal problems. It is, however, difficult to ensure the engagement of participants in the long run, and in parallel the maintenance of processes and operation requires a lot of effort. For these reasons, results

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ENI CBC Med Project | LIVINGAGRO: Cross Border Living laboratories for Agroforestry

Project summary:  Agroforestry – a land use management system in which trees or shrubs are grown around or among crops or pastureland – has varied benefits, including increased biodiversity and reduced erosion. The combination of agriculture and forestry in the Mediterranean is deeply rooted in a culture of tradition and niche production but fails nowadays

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“Development and Inheritance: Dialogue Among Greek and Chinese Languages and Civilizations” | UN Chinese Language Day

On April 29th, an event themed “Development and Inheritance: Dialogue Among Greek and Chinese Languages and Civilizations” to celebrate the UN Chinese Language Day was successfully held in Athens. The event was jointly held by the Embassy of the People’s Repubic of China in the Hellenic Republic together with the Center of Greek and Chinese

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HORIZON EU | CHOICE: Mainstream Mitigation Pathways for a Climate-Conscious Change in the Food System

Project summary: The Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs) are an invaluable instrument for modeling climate stabilization pathways and for supporting the policy makers in taking better-informed decisions. Nevertheless, the mitigation options traditionally focused on in IAMs are the supply-side measures, whereas less attention used to be paid to demand-side and food system representation, due to the

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ERASMUS+: EXCEED – Excellence in Green and Digital Manufacturing

Project summary: The EXCEED – EXCELLENCE IN GREEN AND DIGITAL MANUFACTURING project aims at establishing a European COVE network of 6 centres in 5 countries, Italy, Spain, Finland, Czech Republic, and Greece to support innovation and sustainable competitiveness of the Advanced Manufacturing (AM) sector. As one of the pillars of the European economy, AM has

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HORIZON EU | DiverSea: Integrated Observation, Mapping, Monitoring and Prediction for Functional Biodiversity of Coastal Seas

Project summary: DiverSea develops novel marine observation and monitoring technology by combining: 1a) The new DNA-based identification approach “DNA-marks”: This approach will harnesses low coverage/cost genomic data to document genetic diversity and discriminate beyond species, to the population and individual level. This opens revolutionary possibilities, both for environmental samples (eDNA) and for monitoring species key

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ERASMUS+ | BuildSkills Academy: Academy for Transitional Skills in the Build Environment

Project summary: The construction sector, a major employer in Europe, has a significant environmental, societal, and economic impact and is identified as a priority for the twin transition and achievement of a resource-efficient and competitive economy. The sector faces major challenges in attracting young and skilled workers as well as in re-skilling and upskilling of

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Σεμινάριο: “Ανάπτυξη Δικτύων Μεταξύ των Οργανώσεων της Κοινωνίας των Πολιτών για την Προώθηση των ΣΒΑ”

Την Τετάρτη 3 Μαΐου 2023, η καθηγήτρια Φοίβη Κουντούρη συμμετείχε στο διαδικτυακό σεμινάριο για τη δικτύωση των οργανώσεων της κοινωνίας πολιτών με τίτλο “Ανάπτυξη Δικτύων Μεταξύ των Οργανώσεων της Κοινωνίας των Πολιτών για την Προώθηση των ΣΒΑ” που διοργανώθηκε από το ΕΛΙΑΜΕΠ. Κατά την διάρκεια της ομιλίας της με τίτλο «The SDSN Global Climate Hub:

Σεμινάριο: “Ανάπτυξη Δικτύων Μεταξύ των Οργανώσεων της Κοινωνίας των Πολιτών για την Προώθηση των ΣΒΑ” Read More »

Delphi Economic Forum VIII 2023

On Friday, April 28th, Prof. Phoebe Koundouri was invited to the Delphi Economic Forum VIII, which took place from Wednesday to Saturday, April 26-29, 2023 in the emblematic town of Delphi. The Thematic Pillars of this year’s forum were Geopolitics Disrupted, Climate & Environment, Sustainable Economy & Finance, Social Inclusiveness, and Technological Advancement. Prof. Koundouri participated in the panel “FEMALE

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The EAERE Diversity Equity and Inclusion Initiative Online Open Discussion: “Gender and its representation in the professional world”

On the 27th of April 20203, the EAERE DEI Initiative held and online interactive session on Gender so as to bring forward issues and concerns in the context of day to day working life; both on an individual and collective level. The goal of the session was to understand and find hidden causes to be

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Joint US-European NSF Workshop: Flexible Electric Grid Critical Infrastructure for Resilient Society

On Friday 21st April, Prof. Phoebe Koundouri participated in the Joint US-European NSF Workshop entitled “Flexible Electric Grid Critical Infrastructure for Resilient Society”. The Workshop, which was organized in Philadelphia on April 21-22, was focused on two main objectives: a) increasing resilience of the critical infrastructures under the net-zero carbon goals, and b) identifying cross cutting

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Economic Forum of Bosnia dnd Herzegovina 2023: Green Financing and the Challenges of Sustainable Development

The first event of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Economic Forum 2023 entitled “Green Finance and the Challenges of Sustainable Development” took place on Thursday, April 13th, at the Bosniak Institute – Adil Zulfikarpasic Foundation and online. The focus of the Forum was the challenges that have been set in front of civilization in the post-pandemic,

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SDSN Global Climate Hub Workshop: Systematic Review on Integrated Assessment Models for decarbonization pathways

On Wednesday, April 5th, the hybrid workshop “Systematic Review on Integrated Assessment Models for decarbonization pathways” moderated by Prof. Jeff Sachs and Prof. Phoebe Koundouri at “Athena” Research and Innovation Centre and was organized by SDSN Global Climate Hub. The workshop aimed to showcase the work that is being done with IAMs around the world, to provide the opportunity for IAMs experts to

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The Call for Abstracts for ICSD 2023 is now open! 

2023 International Conference on Sustainable Development (ICSD) Parallel Session Themes Deadline May 1st! The Global Association of Master’s in Development Practice Programs (MDP), in collaboration with the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), will hold the Eleventh Annual International Conference on Sustainable Development (ICSD) on 18-20 September, 2023, in a hybrid format. Plenary sessions where abstracts

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“How to strengthen the EU’s leadership on the SDGs Civil society and expert contributions for the UN HLPF and beyond” | online event

On Wednesday, 4th of April, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) and the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDNS) organized the online event  ‘How to strengthen the EU Leadership on the SDGs – Civil Society’s and Experts’ Contribution to the UN HLPF and beyond‘, which took place at the EESC headquarters in Brussels. The workshop aimed to discuss

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Science-policy dialogue forum for a sustainable blue economy in the black sea

The Science – Policy Dialogue Forum was organized as part of the Horizon 2020-funded BRIDGE – BS project with the intention of bringing together scientists and policy-makers to discuss important cross-cutting issues in the Black Sea’s established and emerging blue economy sectors. The event consisted of three interactive thematic Working Groups (WGs) with moderated discussions

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