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From July 9thto 10th2019, a two-day workshop held in Valenthia port aiming to identify the design process of the Deep Demonstration project, funded by EIT Climate-KIC. During the event a small cohort of high-ambition port authorities in Valencia (Spain), Piraeus (Greece), Rotterdam (Netherlands), Turku (Finland) and others demonstrated how ambitious maritime hubs can be catalysts for […]

From June 26thto June 29th2019, the University of Manchester hosted the 24th Annual Conference of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists in Manchester, UK. Prof. Phoebe Koundouri presented results of DAFNE (H2020) project focusing on the theory and the application of the Management of Transboundary & Uncertain Waters in Omo River Basin in

On Wednesday June 26th 2019, Designing Climate Ecosystems Conference, organised by Cyprus University of Technology took place in Royal Hall Nicosia, Cyprus. Speakers from France, Australia, Israel and other countries presented their experiences of how to strengthen and support networks, clusters, consortia and value-chains in traditional and non-traditional sectors, with specific emphasis on climate innovation.

On June 21st and 22nd 2019, a conference on “climate change impacts on cultural heritage: Facing the challenge”, organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in collaboration with UNESCO and WMO, was hosted by Zappeion Megaron and attended by a significant audience. The main focus of the conference was to result in a framework of

On June 18th2019, a high-level discussion on “Ethics and Integrity in Environmental research” organized and hosted by HCMR (Hellenic Centre for Marine Research) aimed at bringing together researchers, who would share their views on potential ethical issues arising from their work. Among the invited scientific team were members of UN SDSN Greece, who presented current challenges

The International Centre for Research on the Environment and the Economy (ICRE8) hosted the 3rdannual General Assembly of the Social Innovation in Marginalized Rural Areas (SIMRA) project in Athens Greece.  The event which lasted from June 10thto 12th, took place on the premises of the ATHENA Research and Innovation Center, and brought together project partners from

On June 8th 2019, world oceans day took place in Lesvos, organized by healing Lesvos. Lydia Stergiopoulou, a researcher at ICRE8 spoke on the ecosystem services, presenting three projects to local stakeholders: RECONNECT INTERREG Balkan-Mediterranean project – https://reconnect.hcmr.gr/) and AMARE INTERREG MED project (https://amare.interreg-med.eu/) dealing with marine protected areas and their related ecosystem services and

On May 31st, the 32nd Panhellenic Statistics Conferencetook place in Ioannina. The Conference highlighted the role of Statistics in the implementation of the sustainable development agenda and, consequently, its interdisciplinary nature and the possibilities for its use and application. In this context, the Conference presented modern methods of Mathematical and Computational Statistics for the management of

On Thursday 3rd October 2019, a conference on Environment and Energy, organized by the Association of Women Engineers in Greece (EDEM) took place in Athens under the auspicies of the Ministry of Environment and Energy. Among the panel were Prof. Koundouri, Athens University of Economics and Business, Aravossis Konstantinos, General Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Energy, Spyros

Athens Circular Forum-Symbiosis: Circular economy at the cities: the Greek case, Hypatia Mantion, Athens On April 18th, Prof. Phoebe Koundouri, AUEB, chaired the forum at Athens Circular Forum, which aims at making Athens and Attica a promising example of an international player, acting as a beacon of innovation and disseminating good practices across Greece. Among the speakers

On Thursday 4th April 2019 “Athens Science Festival” took place at Technopolis, Athens, bringing all citizens close to science. The main focus of the festival is to demonstrate modern scientific and technological performance and to bring new knowledge through a continuous and open dialogue with the public. Among the events of the festival was “Climate

On Wednesday 3rd April 2019 “Climate Change Symposium: Threats, Challenges, Solutions for Greece”took place at the American College of Greece, DEREE University and co-organised by DEREE University and UN SDSN Greece. Aiming at presenting the scientific content of Climate Change in Greece, specialists from different fields joined the panel showing how to formulate holistic solutions able to

The Convergences Greece Forum launched in Athens on April 1st and 2nd, with hundreds of people participating.It is the first platform for thought in Europe that aims at building new convergences between public, private, and solidarity-based actors to promote the Sustainable Development Goals and the development of a world “Zero Exclusion, Zero Carbon, Zero Poverty.”

On 3rd December 2019, a conference organised by the Hellenic Association of Insurance Companies was held in Royal Olympic Hotel. Prof. Koundouri gave a speech on climate change mitigation aiming at providing answer on how climate change should be tackled in order to minimise its adverse effects on the natural capital.