The COVID-19 global health pandemic is rapidly changing the ways we live and work. In the age of sustainable development and at a time when the world is working towards achieving the SDGs, this disease is complicating SDG implementation efforts as well as posing a real risk to achieving targets on communicable disease, education, life …
Session 2 – SDSN Greece, 11am EEST (90 minutes) Topic: “Inclusive and sustainable economic growth and human well–being” World-renowned academics and international practitioners from the fields of philosophy, politics, economics, finance, engineering and innovations-related systems analysis, will navigate the waters of the relationship between Sustainable Development and Happiness, in an exciting session searching answers to the …
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Never Waste a Good Crisis: For a Sustainable Recovery from COVID-19 Professor Phoebe Koundouri1 Athens University of Economics and Business, UN SDSN-Greece, EIT Climate KIC Hub Greece. President-elect, European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists The pandemic of COVID-19 has clearly proven the ability of governments to take dramatic measures to mitigate an existential threat, …
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The COVID-19 global health pandemic is rapidly changing the ways we live and work. In the age of sustainable development and at a time when the world is working towards achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), this disease is complicating SDG implementation efforts as well as posing a real risk to achieving targets on …
MOOC ON SOCIAL INNOVATION IN RURAL AREAS The SIMRA MOOC (Massive Online Open Course), titled “Social Innovation in Rural Areas” is going to start running on 30 March. The MOOC was developed by SIMRA: Social Innovation in Marginalised Rural Areas, a project funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. SIMRA seeks to …
Η Ελληνική Εμβληματική Πρωτοβουλία για την προστασία των μνημείων της πολιτιστικής κληρονομιάς και των μνημείων της φύσης από την ανθρωπογενή κλιματική αλλαγή – άρθρο από τον Ακαδημαϊκό Χρήστο Σ. Ζερεφό και την και την Καθηγήτρια Φοίβη Κουντούρη του Οικονομικού Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών, Πρόεδρο της Ευρωπαικής Επιστημονικής Ενωσης των Οικονομολόγων του Περιβάλλοντος και των Φυσικών Πόρων Τα …
On 26th February 2020 Professor Phoebe Koundouri gave a speech at the Greek Parliament updating the members of the parliament of the Environment committee on the results of the COP25 (UN Conference on Climate Change).
On 26th February 2020, a conference on the latest news of the Poseidon Med II project was held at the Piraeus Port Authority, where experts discussed the Sustainable Shipping in Eastern Mediterranean. As a whole, the Global Project aims to take all steps towards the adoption of LNG as marine fuel in the Eastern Mediterranean, while making Greece an …
On 13th February 2020 Professor Phoebe Koundouri acting as a European Commission expert for the Economic and Social Committee, DG Region, was invited at NAT/778 :”Financing the Transition to a Low carbon Economy and the Challenges in Financing Climate Change Adaptation”. The meeting was composed of major stakeholders: European Investment Bank, DG CLIMA and various other DGs, European Environmental Agency, European Employers Union, European …
On 4th February an event organized by Circle of Ideas for National Reconstruction and Konrad Adenauer Stiftung and hosted by King George Hotel focused on the climate change and regulation on energy, transport, shipping and tourism sectors and its impacts on the society, institution and European Integration. Prof. Koundouri, AUEB was among the speakers pointing out the …
Climate change: An urgent parameter of the new development model Read More »
On Tuesday 4th February, UN SDSN and Climate-KIC were present at the American College of Athens for the event on going Single-Use-Plastic Free co-organised by the Laskaridis foundation. Experts from business sector, academia, NGOs gathers to discuss on plastic pollution and potential solutions. Kostas Hatzidakis, Greek minister of Environment & Energy was present as a key speaker …
On 29th January 2020, a Climate change: Reality, use and abuse of the term organised by Stavros Niarchos Foundation took place at Goulandris Natural History Museum. Among the speakers were: Eleni Andreadi, writer, Evangelos Gerasopoulos, Research Director at National Observatory of Athens, Prof. Phoebe Koundouri, AUEB and Assoc. Prof. Iosef Botetzagias, University of Aegean. Scientific evidence, …
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On 24th January 2020, Lydia Papadaki, Manager of UN SDSN Greece, spoke about the climate change to the Rhodes Secondary School via a platform which is supported by the Tipping Point in Education, an NGO that connects Schools from all over the country and aims to help young people to be informed by mentors for the choices about …
On 22nd January the 20th High-Level Meeting on “Climate change and its impact on the life and cultural heritage of the Mediterranean” organized by Marianna Vardinoyannis Foundation and Nizami Ganjavi International Center was hosted by Athens Plaza. During the lunch, a panel session on European Green Deal: Challenges and Opportunities was moderated by Prof. Phoebe Koundouri, …
Following an internal 2 days workshops in Brussels from 21st to 23rd January, where the team further developed and exchange on the local system models, trying to capture land-sea interactions, COASTAL Project Core Group was invited by the European Commission for a full day to discuss the progress of the project during the First Reporting Period (May 2018 – …
On Saturday 18th January, the 6th Symposium of Marketing of Food and Beverages on Sustainable Entrepreneurship organized by University of Patra and ENA Association took place in Agrinio, Greece. UN SDSN Greece and EIT Climate-KIC Hub Greece presented their work during the first panel on Sustainable Development and Entrepreneurship connecting via skype. Find out more at: https://en-a.gr/2020/01/22/σημαντική-η-απήχηση-του-6ου-συμποσίου/?fbclid=IwAR1G70cSkN7PWqZZPOLVRZWQEEUAw5am83fCBmMSmlsVG_fUBh8vEkBp0hU
On Saturday 18th January an event on Innovation in Greece and its supporting institutions, co-organised by NBG Business Seeds and ACEin, Athens University of Economics and Business. Lydia Papadaki, manager EIT Climate-KIC Hub Greece presented Hub’s work at the panel on innovation in vertical axes, where other EITs of Greece were also part of.
Find out about the latest news of our H2020 COASTAL project which looks at coastal-rural synergies and land-sea interactions with a participatory approach combined with system modelling https://h2020-coastal.eu/assets/content/newsletter/202001/COASTAL_Newsletter_03_Final1.pdf
Capturing my experience in the Pioneers into Practice CLIMATE-KIC programme in a few lines, I have realized that the whole pioneering activity and training has ended up to be a remarkable task, offering me unique and unexpected insights of how to implement system innovation techniques and tools in every single step of my personal and …
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On 18th December 2019, an event organized by UN SDSN Greece youth was hosted by K44, aiming at bringing light at the workplace equality, which is directly related to SDG 5 “Gender equality” and SDG 10 “reduced inequalities”.
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