From the editor: Dear Readers, It is a great honor to be the new Editor of the joint NEWSLETTER of UN SDSN Greece (National and Kapodestrian University of Athens and ICRE8), EIT Climate-KIC Greece (ATHENA Research and Innovation Center) and ReSEES (Athens University of Economics and Business). It is indeed a great pleasure to launch our sixth …
Prof. Koundouri has served as a European Commission independent expert in the mid-term review of two H2020 projects on climate services market research Duration: 2018 – 2019
Circular Learning Hub (CL-hub): A learning hub for the engagement and ecosystem transition towards circular thinking (phase1) (EIT Climate-KIC) Despite alarms on the need to unlock financial capitals to reverse the trend of climate change has been rising for years, humans’ cognitive biases have prevailed. This project works on an awareness-intention-action path fostering problem-owners in …
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Circular Economy Transition (CE) in Smart Specialization Strategy (S3) The EU has set an ambitious plan for the adoption and implementation of the circular economy (CE). The Plan estimates that by 2030 the integration of CE will result in savings of over 600 bil. euros for EU businesses will create 580,000 new jobs and will …
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BL.EU. Climate: Climate Innovation in Southern European Waters Τhis project addresses the challenge of plastic marine littering in southern European waters by building capacity for innovation to address the issue at the very beginning of its life cycle, on the prevention side and on avoiding the production of plastic materials (and plastic waste) thus …
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The LIFE-IP AdaptInGR project The LIFE Programme is the EU’s funding instrument for the environment and climate action. The general objective of LIFE is to contribute to the implementation, updating and development of EU environmental and climate policy and legislation by co-financing projects with European added value. The integrated project «LIFE-IP AdaptInGR – Boosting the …
What is SDSN Greece up to? Read all about our activities during the last 6 months in the SDSN Greece & ICRE8 December 2017 newsletter. You can read it online here.
The 5th ICRE8 newsletter (December 2017) is now available you can read it here
Welcome to SDSN’s September 2017 Newsletter! http://unsdsn.org/ http://unsdsn.org/news/2017/10/03/sdsn-september-2017-events-summary/ September Events Roundup On the occasion of the annual general debate of the 72nd United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), SDSN organized events focusing on the practicalities of implementing the Paris Climate Agreement and achieving the SDGs. The events were attended by Heads of State, UN ambassadors, industry …
The 4th ICRE8 newsletter (May 2017) is now available you can read it here
The objective of the present research is to propose a European-wide Sustainable Development Indicator (SDI) at the firm level which would provide investors in private and public sector projects with a screening tool for their investment choices indicating whether the outcomes of the strategies pursued by the underlying firms are in line with the goals …
OpenAIRE – CONNECTing scientific results in support of Open Science Open Science is around the corner. Scientists and organizations see it as a way to speed up, improve quality and reward, while policy makers see it as a means to optimize cost of science and leverage innovation. Open Science is an emerging vision, a way …
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Decision Making Under Uncertainty: The Example of Climate Change – AUEB University Funding for Original Research Duration: 2016 Budget: € 2,700.00 Funding Body: ELKE AUEB Responsible scientist: Prof. Phoebe Koundouri Researcher: Dr. Panagiotis Samartzis
BRIGAID: BRIdges the GAp for Innovations in Disaster resilience BRIGAID is a 4-year project (2016-2020) under EU Horizon2020 aimed to effectively bridge the gap between innovators and end-users in resilience to floods, droughts and extreme weather. Recent studies from the IPCC indicate that Europe is particularly prone to increased risks of river and coastal floods, …
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9th-19th of June EAERE secretariat visited the EAERE 2017 organizing committee (lead by ICRE8 Research Center and supported by the Athens University of Economics and Businees, the University of Athens and the ATHENA Research Center) to inspect the developments regarding EAERE 2017 organization. Photo: Monika Eberle (EAERE secretariat), Prof. Phoebe Koundouri (ICRE8, AUEB, LSE), Prof. Tasos Xepapadeas, Prof. Andreas …
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Prof. Phoebe Koundouri, ICRE8 Scientific director, participated in a European Commission Meeting about the allocation of DG Research and Innovation Funds between Horizon 2020 and other Initiatives. 16 Dec 2015, Brussels, European Commission, Directorate General Research and Innovation.
ICRE8 Scientific Director Prof. Phoebe Koundouri will be participating to “Workshop on non-market valuation” (WONV4) as a keynote speaker in June 2016. The main objectives of this workshop are to provide a forum for dissemination of high quality papers in the field of non-market valuation and to create a network. The fourth edition of the workshop will be organized by …
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Prof. Phoebe Koundouri has been invited to talk about the “Implications of Deep Uncertainty for Climate Change Policy” at Nova School of Business and Economics (Lisbon, Portugal) in Spring 2016.
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