Prof. Phoebe Koundouri (ICRE8, AUEB, LSE), ICRE8 (www.icre8.eu) Scientific Director, gave a Scientific Seminar at Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology on ‘A Choice Experiment for the Estimation of the Economic Value of the River Ecosystem: Management Policies for Sustaining NATURA (2000) species and the Coastal Environment’. You can download the lecture from here.
The Special Issue has been published and contains fifteen papers. One of the papers is written by ICRE8 researchers and Scientific Director, and has the title: ‘Valuing climate change mitigation: A choice experiment on a coastal and marine ecosystem’. The paper estimates the willingness to pay for mitigation measures against natural hazards caused by climate
ICRE8 is pleased to announce its participation to the CIGESMED project http://www.cigesmed.eu/. CIGESMED, is a multidisciplinary project of fundamental and operational ecology (according to European Directives such as MSFD, WFD, FFHD). It has also an important “citizen science” aspect in its design. The whole consortium will meet at Lesbos 19-22 of May to be prepared to
Yannis Souliotis, ICRE8 (www.icre8.eu) researcher, introduced the work of WP9 (Socioeconomics) to stakeholders of the Evrotas GLOBAQUA case study. The meeting took place at the “Museum of the Olive and Greek Olive Oil” in Sparta. Globaqua (http://www.globaqua-project.eu/) assesses the effects of water scarcity on aquatic ecosystems by focusing on six river basins (Ebro, Adige, Sava,
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Prof. Phoebe Koundouri (ICRE8, AUEB, LSE) participated in the 1st Symposium on Energy, Environment and Climate Change. NGO Ioannis Kapodistrias, member of the Youth for Europe team, organized the first Energy Symposium, Environment & Climate Change. The Symposium was held under the Volunteering & Culture Without Borders festival 2014 at the Hilton Athens. The festival was hosted
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ICRE8 Scientific Director, Prof. Phoebe Koundouri (ICRE8, AUEB, LSE) gave the keynote speech at the 3nd Convention of FEEM Research Programme on Climate Change and Sustainable Development Economics. Read more here Watch on youtube
How much do we value global water? Read the article (In Greek).
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ICRE8 Scientific Director, Prof Phoebe Koundouri (ICRE8, AUEB, LSE) organized the 1st GLOBAQUA annual meeting in Athens, Greece. The whole consortium met to discuss about the progress and the future plan of the project. The GLOBAQUA Steering Committee met as well. News coverage of the event: ECO News 19/11/2014
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Developing a Panel Model for the impact of Euro Currency Fluctuations on GDP & Inflation for each Eurozone Country Coordinator: ALPHA BANK, International Markets Analysis/Financial Products Sales Division Project Researchers: Professor Phoebe Koundouri Period: 2014
ICRE8 (founded by Prof. Phoebe Koundouri) participates in The Think Tank Map. The Think Tank Map, is an instrument, which aims to provide a complete overview of every active think tank in the field of climate change economics and policy. The Think Tank Map is developed by the International Center for Climate Governance (ICCG).
Economic Instruments to Protect Freshwater Resources in the Republic of Buryatia, Lake Baikal Basin. The Republic of Buryatia is facing severe constraints to economic and social development that derive from the administrative ban and restrictions on economic activities in the Lake Baikal protected area. Duration: 31 December 2013 to 25 November 2014 Project Funding: Organization for
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Project on The Economic Value of Groundwater | The UK Environment Agency The Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD) has invited Prof. Phoebe Koundouri to review the final report of the study “Economic Valuation of Groundwater in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi”. EAD has commissioned RTI to conduct an economic valuation of groundwater in the Emirate of
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Through the CCISC’s research and activities, the Bank of Greece aims to contribute to the conduct of appropriate policies aimed to address the risks and exploit the opportunities arising from climate change. Climate change, environmental and energy issues are regularly discussed in a separate chapter of the Bank’s Annual Report. Bank of Greece Report on Climate Change Climate Change
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European Commission, DG Environment (DG ENV): ‘The impact of REACH on the environment and human health’ (reference: ENV.C.3/SER/ 2004/0042r) Period: September 2005 Coordinators: DHI Water & Environment (DHI) Report to DG Environment “The impact of REACH on the environment and human health” (ENV.C.3/SER/2004/0042r) September 2005 Prof. Koundouri and David Pearce have been subcontracted
E-LUP: Simulating land-use processes – an interactive e-tool for SIA The objective is to train in the use of sustainability impact and policy assessment in EU and Russia, especially in issues concerning forests, agricultural landscapes, water environments and built-up areas through the development of an innovative and interactive e-tool for multiple end users. This freeware
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BIOECON: Biodiversity and economics for conservation BIOECON aims to (a) Advance economic theory on incentive mechanism design -developing a general economic framework and specific testable hypotheses for the consideration of incentive mechanisms for the provision of biodiversity; (b) Apply economic analysis in biodiversity conservation case studies – the application of this framework and the test
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CYPRUS: Integrated Water Management in Cyprus: Economic and Institutional Foundations Fourth Framework Programme of the European Commission Objective This research project is concerned with developing the economic and institutional foundations for an integrated water management system for the island of Cyprus. Within this overall aim, the project focuses on three main themes: (i) evaluation of
