Presentation of Prof. Koundouri on Universities and Climate Change

University Sector Support to UN Secretary-General’s

Call for a Decade of Action on the SDGs - 9 and 10 July 2020

On 9 and 10 July 2020, a meeting of Presidents of Universities take place. Participants will discuss the role of universities in actively supporting the decade of action for the implementation of Agenda 2030 and the Paris Agreement, including:
1) Mainstreaming the SDGs into university curricula and operations
2) Conducting SDG research
3) Facilitating evidence-based stakeholder dialogues on SDG implementation

UN GENERAL SECRETARY JEFF SACHS AND PROF. KOUNDOURI ARE AMONG THE SPEAKERS

Prof. Phoebe Koundouri presented the attached presentation on 10 July. 

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Prof.  Phoebe Koundouri pkoundouri@aueb.gr

Professor School of Economics

Director ReSEES Research Laboratory https://www.dept.aueb.gr/en/ReSEES,

ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS

President-Elect, European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists

Director of Cluster on Sustainability Transition

Co-Chair, UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) – Greece, http://www.unsdsn.gr/

Director, EIT Climate KIC Hub – Greece https://www.athena-innovation.gr/en/eit-climate-kic-greece-hub

Chair SAB, European Forest Institute