Our lab contributed to the writing of this comprehensive report, which explores the exponential progress in AI and its potential to transform various aspects of society and the economy at both the national and international levels. The study proposes a national strategy for AI, developed through extensive research, expert consultations, Read more…
EU-funded Med-Iren project promotes innovative solutions BRUSSELS – Seven Mediterranean territories, from Italy to France, from Spain to Greece and Cyprus, are joining forces to make critical infrastructure more resilient to climate change using nature as an ally. The European project Med-Iren (Mediterranean Critical Infrastructure Resilience Engineering with Nature-Based Solutions) Read more…
A catalog of climate change measures developed as part of the HORIZON -NEVERMORE program’s digital tool will be presented. On Thursday, October 31, at 19:00, the Municipality of Sitia will host the 4th meeting of local partners of the HORIZON -NEVERMORE European program in the Municipal Council Hall of Sitia. Read more…
The 3rd SINCERE Project plenary meeting took place at ACCIONA premises in Madrid, between 24-25 October 2024. Partners had the opportunity to discuss the progress of the project, lessons learned during the first year, and plan future steps for demonstrating materials and technologies developed by all partners across the four Read more…
MULTICLIMACT Holds 3rd General Assembly in Ancona, Italy, October 16-17, 2024 The MULTICLIMACT project held its 3rd General Assembly in Ancona, Italy, reviewing progress and planning future climate resilience strategies for the built environment. The MULTICLIMACT project successfully hosted its 3rd General Assembly in Ancona, Italy, on October 16 and Read more…
The 𝗠𝗲𝗱-𝗜𝗥𝗘𝗡 𝗞𝗼𝗠 was successfully completed yesterday in Athens Adopting a systems thinking approach, the consortium partners carried out a workshop on hashtag#climate hashtag#adaptation and had fruitful discussions about: 👫🏻 Stakeholder mapping & engagement📝 Co-design of the demo and replicating regions across the Mediterranean region and beyond🎯 Progress indicators to Read more…
Authors: Iason Markantonis, Diamando Vlachogiannis, Athanasios Sfetsos & Ioannis Kioutsioukis We are thrilled to announce that our PhD candidate Iasonas Markantonis has published a new paper in with Springer-Verlag GmbH Austria. His work, titled “Atmospheric preconditions investigation of wet-cold compound events in Greece between 1980 and 2004” delves into the Read more…
Στο πλαίσιο των καθηκόντων των Εθνικών Σημείων Επαφής του Προγράμματος LIFE (Πράσινο Ταμείο και Υπουργείο Περιβάλλοντος και Ενέργειας) και του Έργου Οικοδόμησης Δυναμικού – GREEK LIFE TASK FORCE PLUS (LIFE21-CAP-EL-GRLTF plus – 101101858), το Πράσινο Ταμείο σε συνεργασία με τον Ευρωπαϊκό Εκτελεστικό Οργανισμό για το Κλίμα, τις Υποδομές και το Read more…
We are thrilled to announce the commencement of the MOUNTADAPT project, a Horizon Europe 2023 initiative funded by the European Commission. This innovative project is dedicated to developing adaptation solutions aimed at reducing the impact of climate change on health in mountainous regions. Project objectives MOUNTADAPT is a Horizon 2023 Read more…
Ο Δήμος Αιγάλεω ανακοινώνει την έναρξη του Rock the Block, ενός καινοτόμου προγράμματος για τη βελτίωση των συνθηκών στέγασης, μέσω τεχνικών επεμβάσεων σε πολυκατοικίες, δημιουργικών δράσεων στις γειτονιές και νέων υπηρεσιών στον Δήμο Αιγάλεω. Ένα καινοτόμο πιλοτικό πρόγραμμα για οικονομικά προσιτή κατοικία και ζωντανές γειτονιές ετοιμάζεται να εφαρμόσει ο δήμος Read more…
On April 11th, our partners Evridiki Pavlidi, Effrosyni Karakitsou and Ioannis Zarikos shared their experience on climate adaptation with other Greek cities and regions at the Mission Implementation Platform for Adaptation to Climate Change (MIP4Adapt) high-level event in Athens. Learn more about the entire event and the insightful discussions that Read more…
Our first consortium meeting in Sitia, Greece has been a journey of learning, collaboration, and inspiration! From April 23rd to 25th, we explored the beauty of the region while discussing climate resilience strategies and the progress of all 12 regions in their work within the project. 🌴 Day 1: We Read more…
A workshop was held on March 5th, 2024 at the City Hall of Rafina-Pikermi in Greece as part of the FirEUrisk Horizon Europe project. The workshop was attended by representatives from the municipality, fire department headquarters, relevant stakeholders, and project partners, including NCSR “Demokritos”, AUTH, SGIC, and SC. Dr. Nadia Read more…
Την Δευτέρα το απόγευμα πραγματοποιήθηκε συνάντηση στον χώρο της στέγης Β.Κορνάρος όπου έγινε μια πολύ ουσιαστική συζήτηση για τις πλημμύρες στην Σητεία το 2019 και το 2022. Το βασικό συμπέρασμα όπως είπε ο Παύλος Καπετανάκης είναι να εστιάσουμε στην πρόληψη αυτών των φαινομένων. Εισηγητές ήταν επίσης ο Θανάσης Σφέτσος ερευνητής Read more…
Submissions will be accepted in Turkish or English until March 31, 2024. Istanbul University Journal of Sociology, in association with the C2IMPRESS Project, recently announced a special issue (Vol 44/Issue 1) titled “Community Resilience to Disruptive Natural Disasters,” and called for submissions on the topic. For this special issue, the Read more…
