On 15/9, Prof. Phoebe Koundouri was a keynote speaker on “Sketching Sustainability Transition in Europe: Sustainable Development Goals, European Green Deal, EU Recovery Plan” at the Conference “Food, Water and Energy Solutions for Resilience in a Vulnerable World”, organized by The Arava Institute.
Learn more at: https://arava.org/food-water-and-energy-solutions-for-resilience-in-a-vulnerable-world/
The Arava Institute for Environmental Studies is pleased to invite you to an online conference discussing the need to build resilience into our vulnerable world by adopting localized food, water and energy solutions, enabling communities to be more sustainable, self-sustained and capable of meeting the challenges of climate change. The Arava Institute has worked for years developing partnerships and technologies that provide solutions to vulnerable off-grid communities. This webinar will offer the opportunity to hear how these technologies work and their potential to provide solutions for resilience in a vulnerable world.
The keynote speaker will be Professor Phoebe Koundouri.
Sketching Sustainability Transition in Europe: Sustainable Development Goals, European Green Deal, EU Recovery Plan
Professor Koundouri (Chair) of Sustainable Development (Economics and Econometrics) at the School of Economics, Athens University of Economics and Business (Greece). Prof. Koundouri is listed in the 1% of most-cited women economists in the world, with 15 published books and more than 250 published scientific papers.
Conference speakers include leading distributed technology companies, academics and practitioners in the fields of regional water and energy solutions, food security as well as looking at the complex relationship of interconnectivity and self-sufficiency in these times. The online conference includes time for questions and discussion with the speakers and presenters.
Schedule
16:00 Welcome – David Lehrer Executive Director of the Arava Institute – The Arava Institute’s role in the development and implementation of distributed food, water and energy solutions in the Middle East
16:10 Keynote Speaker – Professor Phoebe Koundouri, Athens University of Economics and Business – Sketching Sustainability Transition in Europe: Sustainable Development Goals, European Green Deal, EU Recovery Plan
16:55 Jordan River Basin Cooperation on Water
17:00 Panel I – Water
Watergen – Atmospheric Water Generator
Neighborhood Wastewater and Reuse Systems
Laguna – Vertical Green Wall Wastewater Treatment and Reuse System
17:30 Regional Energy Cooperative solutions
17:35 Panel II – Energy
Home Biogas
Solar Air Heaters potential in the region
Roof-top Solar in Gaza
18:15 Break
18:45 Regional food and self-sufficiency
18:50 Panel III – Food and self-sufficiency
Solabundance
Agrivoltaics
Village in a Box
19:30 Vision of the Arava Institute: building a self-sufficient campus as a model of sustainability
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The Arava Institute for Environmental Studies is pleased to invite you to an online conference discussing the need to build resilience into our vulnerable world by adopting localized food, water and energy solutions, enabling communities to be more sustainable, self-sustained and capable of meeting the challenges of climate change.
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Arava Institute for Environmental Studies on Tuesday, September 15, 2020
