December, 2014 Each year in fall, FEEM and CMCC organise their yearly convention. As summarised in our 2 minutes video, this is the occasion in which the researchers from different fields and premises can meet and compare results, discuss further refinements of their own research or eventually future publications, and have the chance to win […]
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4 Jun 2020 Nizami Ganjavi International Center Moderator: Phoebe Koundouri, Professor, Athens University of Economics and Business; President, European AERE; Co-chair, SDSN Greece; Director, EIT Climate KIC Greece Emil Constantinescu, President of Romania 1996-2000 Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, President of Mauritius 2015-2018 Garry Jacobs, President & CEO, World Academy of Art & Science Winston Nagan, Chairman, Board
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On Wednesday, April 3, 2019, a half-day Symposium, addressing one of the most challenging issues of our time, was hosted at Deree – The American College of Greece. The “Symposium on Climate Change: Threats, Challenges, Solutions for Greece” successfully managed to bring together for the first time in private higher education institution, academics and specialists
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The Systems Transformation for a 1.5 Degree World event is a special edition of the Low-Emissions Solutions Conference taking place alongside COP25 in partnership with WBCSD, ICLEI, and the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. Location: Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Industriales, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain Date: Monday, 9 December (full day) and Tuesday, 10
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29/06/2020 Organised by Enabling project and CORE Innovation. Supported by EIT Climate-KIC Hub Greece and ‘Athena’ Research Center. The event was held in Greek. We explored the current status of Circular Economy in rural and non-rural areas in Greece and the required next steps for a sustainable greener future. To discuss and analyse this
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Programming Partner: Research Center for Atmospheric Physics and Climatology of the Academy of Athens H.E. Yasuhiro Shimizu, Ambassador to Greece, Embassy of Japan Dr. Petteri Taalas, Secretary General, World Meteorological Organization, Switzerland Guy Brasseur, Leader, Env.Modeling Group, Max-Planck Institute for Meteorology, Germany Pantelis Capros, Energy Economy Environment Modelling Lab, University of Athens, Greece Phoebe
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Venue: Athens, Greece Date: 29 January 2020 The effects of our present climate emergency are becoming increasingly evident in innumerable aspects of life on Earth. Increasing global temperatures, rising sea levels, extreme weather phenomena, ocean acidification, melting ice, and depletion of glaciers threaten food production, make certain coastal areas uninhabitable, drive species to extinction, and lead to
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16 December 2020 Water Scarcity at TERRA MADRE Slow Food Water Scarcity in Southern Europe: great solutions for a great challenge The sustainability of our food system is threatened by water scarcity, particularly in Southern Europe: Spain, Greece, Cyprus, Italy and Turkey all expect water shortages to increase in the near future. There is no
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25 Nov 2020 Prof. Phoebe Koundouri gave a speech at the second session of the Advisory Group on Advanced Technologies in Trade and Logistics. The second session of the Advisory Group on Advanced Technologies in Trade and Logistics, 25 November 2020 – Technologies supporting Circular Economy in achieving United Nations Sustainable Development Goals As we
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BRIGAID (BRIdging the GAp for Innvations in Disaster resilience) is a 4-year project (2016-2020) aimed to effectively bridge the gap between innovators and end-users in resilience to floods, droughts and extreme weather. Find out more about BRIGAID and its benefits for innovators, investors and end users at: 1. BRIGAID: Technical readiness, Social readiness and Market
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PARIS, 18 February – Recognizing the global sustainability challenges, European Union leaders have adopted the European Green Deal with wide-ranging goals for a climate-neutral, resource-efficient, technologically advanced, and socially equitable continent. They have also decided to integrate the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the European Semester, which is the major process for the coordination of national
The Global Association of Master’s in Development Practice Programs (MDP), in collaboration with the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), will hold the Ninth Annual International Conference on Sustainable Development (ICSD) on 20-21 September, 2021 virtually. Thus, Prof. Phoebe Koundouri is delighted to share the call for abstracts as she leads the following sessions: 1) Sustainable Finance for the Implementation
Join 24-Hour Round-the-World Conversation to Celebrate World Futures Day, hosted by the Millennium Project where Prof. Koundouri will moderate the session for 12:00 Athens time. This will be the eighth year that futurists and the general public will conduct a 24-hour, round-the-world conversation on the future on March 1st at 12 noon in whatever time
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24/2/21 Yesterday Prof. Koundouri gave a keynote speech on “The European Green Deal driving Sustainable Recovery from COVID 19 pandemic” in the session “Building Renovation Wave Policy and Financing” at the Upgraded Buildings Conference 2021. Watch the event at: https://youtu.be/O0qlIRB13Wc Read more at: https://www.upgradedbuildings.gr/agenda/ , https://www.upgradedbuildings.gr/ THE CONFERENCE Buildings account for about 40% of
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In an attempt to connect the dots between four major policy initiatives – the SDGs, the European Green Deal, the European Semester, and the EU recovery plan – the Sustainable Development Solutions Network Europe (SDSN Europe) has produced a new report, Transformations for the Joint Implementation of Agenda 2030, the Sustainable Development Goals and the
As an elected-fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science (WAAS), Prof. Koundouri participated at the WAAS@60 Conference – A Planetary Moment on 15/2 in a discussion on “Why WAAS? – Inventing the Future” and on 17/2 on “Leadership for Planetary Momentum” In her speech she focused on the need to design a post-COVID
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As an elected-fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science (WAAS), Prof. Koundouri participated at the WAAS@60 Conference – A Planetary Moment on 15/2 in a discussion on “Why WAAS? – Inventing the Future” and on 17/2 on “Leadership for Planetary Momentum” In her speech she focused on the need to design a post-COVID
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Read the Lancet COVID-19 Commission Second Statement, “Enhancing Global Cooperation to End the COVID-19 Pandemic” by Jeffrey Sachs, the Lancet COVID-19 Commissioners, Task Force Chairs, and Commission Secretariat. Prof. Phoebe Koundouri, is one of Commissioners and Green Recovery Task Force co-chair, together with Dr Ismail Serageldin, Founding Director of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Former World Bank
Read the Lancet COVID-19 Commission Second Statement, “Enhancing Global Cooperation to End the COVID-19 Pandemic” by Jeffrey Sachs, the Lancet COVID-19 Commissioners, Task Force Chairs, and Commission Secretariat. Prof. Phoebe Koundouri, is one of the Commissioners and Green Recovery Task Force co-chair, together with Dr Ismail Serageldin, Founding Director of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Former World
Venue: online Date: 18 January 2021 On 18/1 at 10:30-11:30 (EET) Prof. Koundouri chaired the discussion between the EU Commissioner, Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, Mariya Gabriel, and the Minister of Digital Governance, Kyriakos Pierrakakis at the “EUandU, online edition” conference. As well as the discussion on “Presentation of award-winning / EU-funded research programs”: 10:30-11:30 Panel: Mariya Gabriel
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