Archives: SDSNs Greece

The UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network’s Greece network (SDSN Greece) is pleased to announce the publication of two essential guides for advancing sustainability in higher education, now both available in Greek. The newly translated editions, Net Zero on Campus: A Guide for Universities and Colleges to Accelerate Climate Action and Co-Creating Sustainable Futures: A Guide for Designing and …

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SDSN Greece, the Greek hub of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), is looking for motivated interns to support its mission in: Administrative Support Communication & Events Materials Development Why Join SDSN Greece? Work with international leaders, academic institutions, and youth networks to drive impact for the 17 SDGs Contribute to projects addressing global …

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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 »

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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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