The Sustainable Development Solutions Network release of the 2024 Networks in Action (NiA) report — a biennial report published by SDSN’s Networks Program that presents innovative solutions and partnerships led by SDSN’s national and regional networks to accelerate progress on sustainable development. The 2024 edition features 43 national and regional SDSN networks and their impactful initiatives since the fall …
Published ahead of the UN Summit of the Future, the SDR 2024 recommends key reforms necessary to the UN System to strengthen global cooperation and financing for sustainable development / to meet the challenges of the 21st century. On average, globally, only 16% of the SDG targets are on track to be achieved by 2030, …
Greece ranks 29th in the 2024 Sustainable Development Report Read More »
Ενόψει της Συνόδου Κορυφής του ΟΗΕ για το Μέλλον τον Σεπτέμβριο του 2024, η νέα Έκθεση για τη Βιώσιμη Ανάπτυξη 2024 του Δικτύου Λύσεων Βιώσιμης Ανάπτυξης του ΟΗΕ (SDSN) ζητά να δημιουργηθούν τα Ηνωμένα Έθνη 2.0 για την ενίσχυση της παγκόσμιας συνεργασίας και της χρηματοδότησης για τη βιώσιμη ανάπτυξη. Παρίσι, Γαλλία, 17 Ιουνίου 2024. Κανένας …
The World Happiness Report 2023 comes out on March 20! Join the Editors of the World Happiness Report 2023 as we launch our 11th edition. What is the consensus view about measuring national happiness, and what kinds of behaviour does it require of individuals and institutions? (Chapter 1) How have trust and benevolence saved lives …
Το YouthSpeak Forum, ένα από τα μεγαλύτερα events για τους 17 Στόχους Βιώσιμης Ανάπτυξης στην Ελλάδα, επιστρέφει δυναμικά στις 11 Μαρτίου 2023, στο Deree – The American College of Greece, στην Αθήνα. Τι είναι το YouthSpeak Forum; To YouthSpeak Forum αποτελεί μία από τις μεγαλύτερες εκδηλώσεις ενημέρωσης και ευαισθητοποίησης νέων για τους Στόχους Βιώσιμης Ανάπτυξης …
Youth Speak Forum 2023 | 11.03.23 – Deree – The American College of Greece, Athens Read More »
Dear colleagues, This is the Alliance of Excellence for Research and Innovation on Αephoria | AE4RIA Press Release on the 27th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP27) that took place 7th-18th of November in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. AE4RIA’s leading members, ReSEES Laboratory at Athens University of Economics and Business, the Sustainable Development Unit …
The Sustainable Development Solutions Network – SDSN Greece, the Athens University of Economics and Business, the “Athena” Research Center and the Regional Policy Observatory, together with the support of Data Consultants, published with the first recording of the progress towards achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the regional level. The current report presents a first step to target assessment for …
Report: The progress of the Greek Regions in relation to the SDGs Read More »
From the 11th to 14th of October 2022, more than 60 managers from 50 national and regional networks joined a four-day hybrid workshop from Kigali, Kuala Lumpur, New York, Paris, and online. The 2022 network managers workshop gave the global team a chance to reconnect in person after a long period of virtual convenings. SDSN Greece was represented …
Authors: Anastasios A. Tsonis and Christos Zerefos Aristotle’s Meteorologica concentrates on the meteorological aspects of Aristotle’s work published as Meteorologica books A-D, and on how they compare now with our understanding of meteorology and climate change. In other words, how well did Aristotle fair when he tried to explain weather 2,300 years ago when there was …
“Aristotle’s Μετεωρολογικά, Meteorology then and now” Read More »
Sustainable Development Solutions Network SDSN is celebrating 10 years! Join us in reflecting on the past decade of education, research, policy analysis, and global cooperation for the SDGs with a blog post from SDSN’s President, Jeffrey Sachs, along with John Thwaites, Co-Chair of our Leadership Council and Networks Strategy Council. Read it here
The Workshop on Ancient Wisdom for Modern Challenges took place in July 6-8, 2022, in Athens, Greece. International scholars of philosophy, policy science, behavioral science, and other interdisciplinary fields, met at the famed Academy of Athens to explore how ancient philosophy can inform our modern understanding of ethics and well-being, and thereby help to address some of the world’s most …
SDSN Global Climate Hub was launched on the 6th of July, in a pre-COP27 event that took place at the Academy of Athens . The SDSN Global Climate Hub was announced by Prof. Jeffrey Sachs, Columbia University, President of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) and Maria Cortes-Puch, Vice President of SDSN. The Chair of the SDSN Global Climate Hub will …
Members of the Leadership Council of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network and Members of the SDSN Community have written a statement calling for urgent and intensified diplomacy to end the war in Ukraine. Diplomacy under the UN Charter is the only path to peace. The statement conveys the belief that Russia and Ukraine could and should reach a …
Sing the Statement by members of UN SDSN on the war in Ukraine Read More »
Το Μουσείο Γουλανδρή Φυσικής Ιστορίας δημιούργησε την Πρώτη Διαδραστική Έκθεση για την Κλιματική Αλλαγή με τίτλο «Κλιματική Αλλαγή και Εμείς» με σκοπό οι επισκέπτες να αντιληφθούν τις συνέπειές της, τον βαθμό στον οποίο μας επηρεάζουν, αλλά και τον τρόπο που ο καθένας ξεχωριστά μπορεί να βοηθήσει. Η έκθεση άνοιξε την Παρασκευή 1 Απριλίου 2022 και αποτελείται από 17 …
Έκθεση «Κλιματική Αλλαγή και Εμείς» στο Μουσείο Γουλανδρή Φυσικής Ιστορίας Read More »
The World Happiness Report 2022 is out! This year marks the 10th anniversary of the World Happiness Report, which uses global survey data to report on how people evaluate their own lives in more than 150 countries around the world. The interest in happiness is, of course, global. The World Happiness Report reached more than 9 …
Seas and Oceans are drivers for the European economy and have great potential for innovation and growth. Considering that the IPCC 2018 report warns that exceeding 1.5oC of global warming above preindustrial levels will lead to unprecedented effects in economy, society and the environment, there is an eminent need for action targeting at the implementation …
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Agreement call for deep transformations in every region and actions by all parts of governments. With the European Green Deal (EGD), the EU has designed a comprehensive framework for decarbonizing the European economy, reducing pollution and wastes, and placing sustainable development at the center of the European …
IPCC 2018 warned that exceeding 1.5 °C of global warming above pre-industrial levels will lead to unprecedented effects in terms of health, livelihoods, food security, water supply, human security, and economic growth. Given this daunting prospect, it is urgent to develop mitigating measures related to maritime transport, an activity that emits, according to the 3rd IMO GHG study, …
Science and Ethics for Happiness and Well-being (SEH) Project. SEH is an initiative hosted and managed by Monsignor Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo, Chancellor of the Pontifical Academies of Sciences and Social Sciences, in partnership with the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), and Columbia University. Prof. Phoebe Koundouri is an invited member. Monsignor Sorondo, Jeffrey Sachs, …
Science and Ethics for Happiness and Well-being (SEH) Initiative Read More »
SDSN Greece has a central role to play in the implementation of the Mediterranean UN SDSN. In this direction, the Greek hub aims to revive the Mediterranean Climate Change Initiative (MCCI). The MCCI initiative was envisaged as both an autonomous Mediterranean political initiative aiming at strengthening international and regional agreements through common policy positions and …
Research and Innovation Centers
Innovation Acceleration Hubs
Science - Policy Networks
Scientific Associations and Academies
