We are happy to share with you the 1st press release of our new H2020 project, which briefly introduces the project’s concept, goals and methodology, and highlights the implementation of the 9 case studies. A brand-new Horizon 2020 project entitled Climate Resilient Regions Through Systemic Solutions and Innovations—ARSINOE, kicks off on October 1, 2021. ARSINOE […]
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On the 6th of October Prof. Koundouri gave a speech on “The Future Europe Wants: A Green & Digital, Job-Based and Inclusive Recovery from COVID-19 Pandemic” in the session: The future of agrifood systems in view of the outcomes from the United Nation’s Food Systems Summit 2021 of the Agribusiness Forum which was organized by
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On the 6th of October Prof. Koundouri gave a speech on “the UN SDSN SEAs Initiative” at the Panel: “The sea is forever: towards a route of regeneration” of the Barcolana Sea Summit supported by the Regenerative Society Foundation. Barcolana Sea Summit, took place in Trieste from the 6th to the 9th of October 2021,
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Prof. Koundouri gave a keynote speech on Sustainable Transition at the SDG Forum, which took place on the 5th of October in Brussels, Belgium. Organized by 18 partner organizations from every corner of the sustainable development sector, the SDG Forum strives to connect policy makers, business, NGO’s and academia offering an opportunity to meet and
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On the 5th of October Prof. Koundouri moderated the discussion on “Food Systems: Aquatic and Terrestrial Food” at the “2nd Annual Science for a Sustainable Future Conference”, organized by Springer Nature and the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN). Session: Food Systems: Aquatic and Terrestrial Food Prof. Phoebe Koundouri (Moderator) , Athens University of Economics
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Prof. Phoebe Koundouri gave a speech on Sunday 3/10, on the energy transition and the characteristics of the Greek case, in the context of the session “Energy Transition in Greece and the EU”, at the Online Event “Energy Transition: A pathway to the future”. The Youth Event “Energy Transition: A pathway to the future” is
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On the 2nd of October Prof. Koundouri was invited as a major speaker in the Session 101 “Green Recovery for Sustainable Society” during the 18th Annual Meeting of Science and Technology in Society forum (STS forum) that took place online from Saturday, October 2 to Tuesday, October 5, 2021. Session: Green Recovery for Sustainable Society
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Prof. Koundouri gave a speech at the “Plenary Session 3: Converging Risks: Planetary Health and Population Shifts” of the “Regional Action on Climate Change (RACC13) meeting | Confronting Risk Convergence – Building resilience to regional interactions of climate, biodiversity and public health risks” on Friday, 1st October. The meeting took place online as an important
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On the 1st of October Prof. Koundouri in her role as co-chair of SDSN Europe participated in the panel debate at the “Focus 2030 Webinar: The European recovery and the SDGs: the case of Flanders” organized by SDSN Belgium and CIFAL Flanders and supported by SDSN Europe. She discussed on the SDGs as a framework
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With special thanks to Nectaria Passarivakis, President & CEO The Economist Events for Greece, Cyprus, Malta and South-East Europe, The Economist Events in partnership with SDSN Europe, SDSN Greece and EIT Climate- KIC Hub Greece organized the Fifth Sustainability Summit for south-east Europe and the Mediterranean on September 30th & October 1st 2021, which took
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On the second day of the Summit, Prof. Koundouri chaired the discussion on “SUSTAINABLE WATER MANAGEMENT” Speakers: Maria Papadopoulou, professor, NTUA, president, management board, Natural Environment and Climate Change Agency, Ministry of Environment & Energy, member, National Water Council Panagiotis Nastos, director of the Laboratory of Climatology and Atmospheric Environment, National and Kapodistrian University of
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Prof. Koundouri also chaired the discussion on “GREEN FINANCE FOR SUSTAINABLE RECOVERY”. Speakers: Marcello Ranucci, coordinator of the G20 finance track green agenda, 2021 G20 Italian Presidency, Ministry of Economy and Finance, Italy Stefan Brunnhuber, programme director, World Academy of Art & Science (WAAS)Expert Group on Innovative Financial Strategies Eleftherios Kritikos, president, Edekt Asset Management,
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Prof. Koundouri co-chaired together with Alasdair Ross the discussion on “THE FUTURE EUROPE WANTS: A GREEN AND DIGITAL, JOB-BASED AND INCLUSIVE RECOVERY FROM COVID-19 PANDEMIC” Speakers: Kostas Skrekas, ministerof Environment and Energy, Greece Geoffrey Pyatt, US ambassador to the Hellenic Republic Udo Bullmann, member, Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats, European Parliament
Professor Koundouri participated and gave a speech in the session “HOW IS THE RESPONSE TO COVID-19 LINKED TO THE SDGs?” together with Aaron Farrugia, minister for the environment, climate change and planning, Malta and Angelo Riccaboni, chair, PRIMA Foundation, chair, SDSN Mediterranean, professor, University of Siena. Watch the session here.
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Professor Phoebe Koundouri, director, ReSEES laboratory, Athens University of Economics and Business, director SDU ATHENA RC, co-chair SDSN Europe & Greece, together with Professor Jeffrey Sachs, director, Global SDSN Leadership Council, director, Center for Sustainable Development, Columbia University, opened the second day of the Summit with the announcement of the new UN SDSN initiative: the
On the 28th of September Prof. Koundouri delivered a single lecture session providing a broad introductory overview on sustainable development focusing on the importance of fostering global cooperation for successful implementation of initiatives to meet SDGs organized by Kozmetsky Center, St. Edward’s University, (Austin) and was co-sponsored with the Atlantic Council and Center for Sustainable
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Fostering innovation and entrepreneurship: Utilities’ case study Date and time Mon, September 27, 2021 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM EEST by ATHENA Research and Innovation Centre About this event InnoWise Scale supports innovators working on disruptive products or services enabling better water management, optimising water supply and demand, and fostering climate change readiness of the
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This 3-afternoon online webinar (22-23-24 September 2021) will provide an opportunity to dig into some of the most recent developments in the use of Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) and project appraisal in public financial management. The workshop is an occasion to keep pace with the latest trends and advances in the CBA area from a European perspective. It
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The webinars that took place during the week 20-24 of September, participated professors and scientists from distinguished universities and institutions of Greece and Europe presented on social and economic issues of sustainable development. This action was organized in the framework of the European Sustainable Development Week by the Laboratory of Sociology of Culture and civilization
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