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What is SDSN Greece up to? Read all about our activities during the last 6 months in the SDSN Greece & ICRE8 December 2017 newsletter. You can read it online here.

Prof. Phoebe Koundouri (ICRE8, AUEB, LSE) has been appointed as a member of the Scientific Program Committee at the International Conference on “Climate Change in the Mediterranean & the Middle East: Challenges & Solutions” which will take place in Nicosia, Cyprus, on the 18th and 19th of May 2018, with pre-Conference Workshops taking place on …

Prof. Koundouri appointed member of the Scientific Program Committee at the 2018 International Conference on “Climate Change in the Mediterranean & the Middle East: Challenges & Solutions” Read More »

  “Sustainable development in times of crisis” was chaired by Prof. Andreas Papandreou, Co-Chair, SDSN Greece. It was the 1st panel session of the official launch of the SDSN Greece, anchored within the 3rd International SDSN Mediterranean Conference (MED Solutions), which was held on September 7-8, 2017, in Athens, Greece.       Chair: Prof. …

Watch online: “Sustainable development in times of crisis” – Session 1, Official launch of SDSN Greece, September 2017 Read More »

SDSN Greece Youth organised and held an interactive, experiential workshop entitled “Talk: Your Voice Makes You Stronger”, on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. The workshop took place during the four-day pilot festival “The Athens We Need”, which was organised by Organisation Earth with the cooperation of Design …

UN SDSN Greece Youth Workshop: “Talk: Your Voice Makes You Stronger” Read More »

Prof. Andreas Papandreou, co-chair of SDSN Greece, gave a speech at the workshop “Entrepreneurship for the Circular Economy” in Sparta, on December 1st 2017. The workshop was organized by the School of Human Movement and Quality of Life of the University of Peloponnese with the collaboration and participation of SDSN Greece.

ICRE8 research director, Prof. Phoebe Koundouri (AUEB, ICRE8, LSE) and SDSN Greece co-chair participated in the “Shoreline cleanup and what then? Planning the next steps”, organized by the A.K. Laskaridis Public Benefit Foundation on Monday, November 20th 2017. Prof. Koundouri gave a keynote presentation on “Sustainable Blue Growth: UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network Greece”.

    ATHENS, 15th November 2017 (ICRE8) – The Greek team GRID came seventh in the Open Junior category during the XIV World Robot Olympiad that took place in San Jose, Costa Rica, November 10th – 12th 2017. The team, made up of members Jason Stavros Somoglou and John Papadopoulos, and coached by Dialekti-Athina Voutyrakou, …

Greece’s GRID seventh in Open Junior at the World Robot Olympiad Read More »

Silver medal of shame for Greece for non-compliance with decisions of the EU Court of Justice, which result in financial penalties costing millions of euros. Another silver medal of shame for the high number of open EU environmental law infringement cases. Extremely low levels of collection of financial penalties imposed for environmental law violations, endless …

WWF’s 2017 environmental law review for Greece Read More »

Η βιωσιμότητα αποτελεί μονόδρομο για την αντιμετώπιση των περιβαλλοντικών, κοινωνικών και κατ’ επέκταση οικονομικών προκλήσεων που αντιμετωπίζει η τουριστική βιομηχανία σήμερα. Αυτό ήταν το κυριότερο συμπέρασμα της Ημερίδας “Βιωσιμότητα για την τουριστική βιομηχανία” που πραγματοποιήθηκε στις 19 Οκτωβρίου 2017, στο Μεσογειακό Εκθεσιακό Κέντρο MEC, στο πλαίσιο της έκθεσης Mediterranean International Tourism Exhibition, στην οποία συμμετείχε ο συν πρόεδρος …

Ημερίδα Ελληνικής Εταιρίας Προστασίας της Φύσης “Μονόδρομος η βιωσιμότητα για την τουριστική βιομηχανία” Read More »

This year’s SDSN Greece Youth Annual Call for Volunteers-took place on Thursday, 19 October 2017, in Athens. The meeting was organized by the SDSN Greece Youth team in an effort to attract all the young people that had shown interest in being be part of the initiative and volunteer in its actions. The call attracted …

SDSN Greece Youth Annual Call for Volunteers: A Great Success Read More »

Welcome to SDSN’s September 2017 Newsletter! http://unsdsn.org/ http://unsdsn.org/news/2017/10/03/sdsn-september-2017-events-summary/ September Events Roundup On the occasion of the annual general debate of the 72nd United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), SDSN organized events focusing on the practicalities of implementing the Paris Climate Agreement and achieving the SDGs. The events were attended by Heads of State, UN ambassadors, industry …

SDSN September 2017 Highlights Read More »

SDSN Greece participated in this year’s Greek Researchers’ Night which took place at the National Technical University of Athens historic building in the centre of Athens on September 29, 2017. With the slogan “Meet the magic of Research”, this year’s event took place – simultaneously – with similar events in over 300 cities across Europe …

SDSN Greece participates in Researchers’ Night 2017 Read More »

An Aristotelian Perspective on Sustainable Development The inauguration of the Greek Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) in Greece kicked off on September 6th, 2017 with a meeting between Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Prof. Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director of the UN SDSN Global network. This was followed by an Executive Dinner of the Leadership Council of …

Official Launch of SDSN Greece – A Success! Read More »

As world leaders come together for the opening of the 72nd United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), SDSN will be hosting an array of side-events. View the events in your browser and register! <http://mailchi.mp/unsdsn/sdsn-september-news-alert?e=50b062dcc3>