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    Πέμπτη, Ιούλιος 24, 2025

    DATE: 24-07-2025
    Opening Session Highlights International Conference on Sustainable Cities

    June 27, 2025 | Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB)

    The 2025 International Conference on Sustainable Cities opened with a thought-provoking session that brought together leading scholars and international experts to address the urgent challenges of sustainable and climate-resilient urban development.

    Professor Dr. Phoebe Koundouri (Athens University of Economics and Business & University of Cambridge; Chair, SDSN Global Climate Hub; Founder, AE4RIA) delivered the opening keynote, emphasizing the need for systemic transformation that integrates nature, economy, and society. She presented the global impact of AE4RIA – the Alliance of Excellence for Research and Innovation on Aephoria – which operates in more than 120 countries and leads over 100 projects. She also highlighted five key EU-funded projects supporting the conference: ARSINOE, Climate Impetus, CARMINE Project, Pathways2Resilience, and BuildSkills Academy.

    Professor Vassilis Vasdekis, Rector of AUEB, underscored the university’s role as a central urban institution, actively collaborating with the Municipality of Athens and contributing to research and initiatives that promote sustainable urban development.

    DATE: 24-07-2025
    Prof. Phoebe Koundouri Contributes to the Closing Plenary Session of the WAAS @65 Conference

    On 24/07/2025, Prof. Phoebe Koundouri contributed to the Closing Plenary Session of the World Academy of Art and Science (WAAS) @65 Conference. The session reflected on the key lessons emerging from this milestone gathering and considered the Academy’s future role in addressing the world’s most pressing challenges.

    In her remarks, Prof. Koundouri emphasized that the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) offer a science‑based, integrated roadmap to address today’s “multicrisis”—the interconnected climate, ecological, social, and economic crises. While 190 countries have adopted SDG strategies, no goal is currently on track globally. She highlighted the contrast between progress in East and South Asia and the persistent fiscal constraints in low‑income countries. These challenges, she noted, require urgent reform of the Global Financial Architecture to unlock and redirect the world’s $30 trillion in savings toward emerging and developing economies (EMDEs).