UN SDSN Greece co – host institute, The International Centre for Research on the Environment and the Economy (ICRE8), was happy to welcome its COASTAL’s partners to Athens, Greece in January 2019 to work on developing causal loop diagrams from the mental models developed during the six workshops with stakeholders for Work Package 1. SINTEF Ocean, …
Delphi Economic Forum: Innovating for Climate Resilience, Delphi, Greece Delphi Economic Forum IV (http://www.delphiforum.gr/) took place between Thursday, February 28 and Sunday, March 3, 2019 aiming to identify the main global trends, assess their implications and review the resulting challenges and policy options confronting decision-makers of the wider Eastern Mediterranean Region. Moreover, it places Greece’s …
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A Symposium addressing one of the most challenging issues of our time: Climate Change Climate change is one of the most pervasive and threatening issues of our time, with far-reaching impacts in the twenty-first century. Climate change is expected to have unprecedented implications on where people can settle, grow food, build cities, and rely on functioning …
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It is with great sadness that we inform you that Niki Goulandris, President and co-founder of The Goulandris Natural History Museum, peacefully died in Kifissia on February 9, 2019, at the age of 94. Niki Goulandris is internationally renowned for her efforts to protect the environment. Niki Goulandris studied Political Science and Economics at the …
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The UNDP Accelerator Labs are hiring in more than 60 countries! The UNDP Accelerator Labs will build the world's largest and fastest learning network around development challenges to reach the Agenda 2030. For that, they need expertise, creatives and collective intelligence as a tool to drive progress from inspirational local solutions and grassroots innovation. Find the application …
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS EAERE-FEEM European Summer School in Resource and Environmental Economics Submit your application Econometric Approaches for Environmental Policy Evaluation Venice, 30 June – 6 July 2019 Deadline to apply: 15 February 2019 The European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE) and Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM), in collaboration with Venice International University (VIU), are pleased to announce their …
From 4thto 6thFebruarySMIRES training was organized by ATHENA RCand ICRE8, where eight lecturers spoke on different subjects in a three-day workshop: Prof. Phoebe Koundouri– “Sustainable development goals, MEA and Agenda 2030- Links to Management of Intermittent Rivers and Ephemeral Streams Room” Dr. Emmanouil Tyllianakis – “Theory and application session I: Valuation of natural resources for sustainable development” …
The SMIRES training course on Economics of Sustainable Water Management of Intermittent Rivers and Ephemeral Streams in accordance to the Water Framework Directive (WFD), the Millennium Ecosystems Assessment (MEA) and Sustainable Development Goals of the UN Agenda 2030 will take place in Athens, Greece on the 4th-6th of February 2018. The training course will be under the auspices of …
The Climate-KIC Journey is the world’s largest climate innovation summer school offering transformative learning and hands-on business experience. You join more than 400 participants in a 4-week residential learning programme hosted by top global universities. The Journey has a global outreach with participants from more than 50 different nationalities. Our world renowned experts in climate …
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Prof. Dr. Phoebe Koundouri (AUEB, LSE, ATHENA, ICRE8) is invited by the Research Center for Atmospheric Physics and Climatology of the Academy of Athens to participate as a Speaker at the Delphi Economic Forum IV, 2019 entitled: “Inclusive Growth”. The Forum will take place in historic Delphi, Greece, a UNESCO world heritage site, from February 28th …
On his article Professor Nicos Christodoulakis, Department of International Economics and European Studies, Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB), addresses the main pathologies of the social insurance system and suggests a road map of changes that ensure a fairer treatment among the various categories of pensioners as well as between them and current generation employees. …
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3rd Greek Raw Materials Community Dialogue Date/Time Date(s) – 04/12/2018 – 05/12/2018 9:30 am – 5:00 pm Location Hotel Royal Olympic, Athens, Greece The EIT RawMaterials: 3rd Greek Raw Materials Community Dialogue, will take place in Athens on December 4-5 2018. The event is organized by the ΕΙΤ RawMaterias HUB – Regional Center Greece – (RCGREECE). RCGREECE, which was launched in June 2018, is operated …
On 5-6 October 2018, the Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Public Policy (NU GSPP) and the Astana Civil Service Hub held a conference on “Contemporary Issues in Public Administration in postSoviet Eurasia” at Nazarbayev University. Researchers, experts and civil service practitioners from more than 30 countries, including Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Hungary, Singapore, China, …
The press conference about the Blue Environment will take place on Tuesday 20th of November 2018 at Laskaridis Foundation. Prof. Phoebe Koundouri will participate at the event and she will present the section on Blue Economy. A.C. LASKARIDIS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
In the context of the ENTROPY project, the ELTRUN E-Business Research Center of Athens University of Economics and Business alongside with the participation of ten H2020 project, organized the H2020 International Workshop entitled “The next day for Energy Efficiency” , which was held in Athens, Greece on Wednesday, November 7th, 2018. The main goal of the workshop …
Prof. Dr. Phoebe Koundouri (AUEB, LSE, ATHENA, ICRE8, Co-chair of the UN SDSN Greece) took part in ” Heineken Growth Makers Nights ” event. She emphasized the importance of the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) as well as Climate – KIC (Knowledge and Information Community).
Prof. Dr. Phoebe Koundouri (AUEB, LSE, ATHENA, ICRE8) is invited to participate as a speaker at ”Heineken Growth Makers Nights”. The location of the event is going to be at ”Orange Grove ” (Leoforos Vasileos Konstantinou 5 106 74 Athens, ground floor, Greece). Discover more here
What did Carleen Lyden Walker, co-founder, executive director, North American Marine Environment Protection Association, NAMEPA, IMO maritime ambassador, Abdellah Srour, executive secretary, General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM), Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, Georgios Gratsos, chairman, Hellenic Marine Environment Protection Association (HELMEPA), Vasileios Lampropoulos, chief operating officer, Thenamaris Ships Management, Charis Plakantonaki, chief strategy officer, …
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What did Athanasios Polychronopoulos, executive chairman, Polyeco Group, Philip Vafiadis, founder & chairman, Innovyz Institute, Australia, Rossella Cardone, head of sustainability and corporate responsibility, Ericsson, Yannis Ioannidis, president and general director, “Athena” Research and Innovation Center, professor, department of informatics and telecommunications, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, and Theodore Dalamagas, principal researcher and vice-director of Information Management Systems …
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What did Mike Cherrett, Director, Climate KIC Europe, Marily Konstantinopoulou, scientific associate, Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation, Roelof Moll, project manager, BRIGAID, Michael Iggy Litaor, professor, head, MIGAL, Hydrogeochemistry Lab, Katerina Pramatari, associate professor, department of management science & technology, Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB) and Phoebe Koundouri, co-chair UN SDSN Greece, professor, Athens University of Economics and Business, talk …
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