19th ANNUAL BIOECON CONFERENCE "Evidence-based environmental policies and the optimal management of natural resources"

The BIOECON Partners are pleased to announce the Nineteenth Annual International BIOECON conference. The conference will provide a platform for the dissemination of high-quali...

4th Water Research Conference

Planet Earth faces increasingly imminent water resource scarcity challenges due to population growth, wealth accumulation, climate change and society’s increasing demand for ...

Sponsorships available for participation in the 2017 UNLEASH SDG Innovation Lab

Sponsorship available for up to 50 Action4SD Members Application Invitation: UNLEASH Sustainable Development Goals Innovation Lab 13-21 August 2017, Denmark Action4SD is a partne...

GLOBAQUA training course/workshop on Modelling for freshwater related ecosystem services (17-20July 2017, Girona, Spain)

The GLOBAQUA training course/workshop on Modelling for freshwater related ecosystem services, will take place on 17th to 20th July 2017 at the Catalan Institute for Water...

“Sustainability and Resource Valuation” workshop under the auspices of SDSN-Greece

An Advanced Policy Workshop in “Sustainability and Resource Valuation” will be held on 28 June 2017 in the historic Kostis Palamas Building (Akadimias 48) in the center...

EAERE 2017 Pre-Conference Workshop — Spatial Dimensions of Stated Preferences

This pre-conference workshop at EAERE 2017 in Athens directly follows and expands upon the thematic session Willingness to pay in space: New insights into the spatial dim...

Fifth edition of the Workshop on Non-Market Valuation

The fifth edition of the Workshop on Non-Market Valuation  (http://www.wonv.fr/leeds) will be organized in Leeds (UK) on June 26-27 2017. The main objectives of this workshop...

Πρόσκληση συμμετοχής σε συνέδριο για την Ανοικτή Επιστήμη: Open Science FAIR 2017

Το συνέδριο Open Science FAIR 2017 οργανώνεται στις 6 – 8 Σεπτεμβρίου 2017 στην Αθήνα στο Κέντρο Πολιτι�...

Livestream: Join the Think 20 Summit GLOBAL SOLUTIONS - May 29-30

With the Think 20 Summit GLOBAL SOLUTIONS  fast approaching, we want to inform you about the opportunity to follow our livestream this coming Monday(29 May) and Tues...

Call for Social Innovations in Marginalised Rural Communities

Are you part of a community group trying to solve a local problem? Do you know of any community groups addressing local issues in an interesting way? Is the group located or taki...

Οι Υποτροφίες της HELMEPA για το 2017-2018

Η Ελληνική Ένωση Προστασίας Θαλάσσιου Περιβάλλοντος - HELMEPA, τιμώντας τους αείμνηστους Γιώργο Π. Λι�...

EU waters and the ocean of tomorrow: New book by Prof. Koundouri on the investment assessment of multi-use offshore platforms

In the near future, the European oceans will be subjected to a massive development of marine infrastructures. The most obvious structures include offshore wind farms, constructions...

Funding Opportunity: Initiatives for "Sustainable Energy for Eradicating Poverty and...”

The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN-DESA), through financial support from the China Energy Fund Committee (CEFC), is calling for applications...

Two year postdoc position at Bocconi University (Milan, Italy) starting June 2017

The selected applicants may join the research team led by Prof. Valentina Bosetti at Bocconi University (Department of Economics) within the context of a European Research Council ...

Save the dates for upcoming Inequalities Seminars @ LSE

The Inequalities Seminar Series at the III is a venue for scholars from LSE and beyond to present their innovative work on social and economic inequality. The series...

Fifth World Happiness Report 2017 Ranks Happiest Countries

NEW YORK, March 20—The World Happiness Report 2017, which ranks 155 countries by their happiness levels, was released today at the United Nations at an event celebrating Inte...

Launch of The 2017 World Happiness Report

With Professors Richard Layard and John Helliwell as well as Andrea Illy, we are very pleased to invite you and your colleagues to attend the launch of the 2017 World Happiness Rep...

Renewable energy targets already met by 11 EU Members

Share of renewables in energy consumption in the European Union (EU) reached almost 17 per cent in 2015, with eleven EU Member States already achieving their 2020 targets. On Tues...

H ομάδα TakeOff Greece 'εκτοξεύεται' και συστήνεται επισήμως!

Στις 17 Μαρτίου, 12:00-14:00, στην Αίθουσα των Εσπερίδων του Νομισματικού Μουσείου (Πανεπιστημίου 12), η ομ...

FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS - RESEARCHERS

Το Ίδρυμα Παιδείας και Ευρωπαϊκού Πολιτισμού προτίθεται να υποστηρίξει οικονομικά για το Ακαδημα...

Conference on Entrepreneurship (Patras, 8-10 December 2017) Call for abstracts

Λήξη προθεσμίας υποβολής περιλήψεων: 7 Φεβρουαρίου Η  Περιφέρεια Δυτικής Ελλάδας στο πλαίσιο τ�...

Public session on 'Water-related Priorities for the Maltese EU Presidency'

SAVE THE DATE!  On the 7th of March, the MEP Water Group is organising, in cooperation with the Maltese EU presidency, a public session from 14h30 to 16h30 at the E...

Το ΕΚ "Αθηνά" στο Mind the Lab!  - Σταθμός Δουκίσσης Πλακεντίας - 3 Φεβρουαρίου

Την Παρασκευή, 3 Φεβρουαρίου, η έρευνα και η επιστήμη ταξιδεύουν με το Μετρό της Αθήνας. Εντυπωσιακ...

Launch of new standards for financing sustainable development

On Monday 30 January 2017, 19 leading global banks and investors – worth a total of $6.6 trillion in assets, launched the Principles for Positive Impact Finance, se...

Innovators, sign up for the BRIGAID H2020 project newsletter!

Are you an innovator, an investor or an end user interested in climate adaptation innovation? Subscribe to the BRIGAID newsletter now! If you are an innovator you should not miss ...

Digital Social Innovation Fair 2017, 1-2 February, Rome

How can we contribute to the Next Generation Internet? How can the internet benefit both the individual and overall society? The Digital Social Innovation Fair 2017 offers a rich ...

2 υποτροφίες για το Θερινό Σχολείο «New Thinking on the Firm: Bringing together Law, Economics, Organization and History»

17ο Διεθνές Θερινό Σχολείο με τίτλο «New Thinking on the Firm: Bringing together Law, Economics, Organization and History», 5-17 Ιουνί�...

The Hellenic Energy Regulation Institute communication sponsor of the Athens Energy Forum

OpenAIRE Newsletter January 2017

  OpenAIRE Newsletter January 2017 is out! Read about: OpenAIRE workshop on impact and measurement of Open Access Europe and Latin America expand their collaboration for O...

UN-backed app is transforming green finance

On 20 January during the World Economic Forum in Davos, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and Ant Financial Services Group (Ant Financial) – China’s leading online an...

EFI supports regional bioeconomy developments

The need to move away from a linear fossil-based economy towards a bio-based circular economy is widely acknowledged. As the European Commission proceeds with the revision of its b...

Sustainability, Volume 9, Issue 1 (January 2017) Released

The January 2017 volume 9, Issue 1, of Sustainability has been published.  It is open access and you can read it online following the link:  Sustainability, Volume 9, Iss...

Rivers Under Water Scarcity STOTEN Special Issue submission deadline: 31st March 2017

Τhe NET-SCARCE Special Issue: "Rivers Under Water Scarcity: Threats and Challenges" is already opened at STOTEN website. The deadline for submission is 31st March 2017....

ENHANCE project concludes with a webinar on Friday 13 January

The EU-funded ‘Enhancing risk management partnerships for catastrophic natural hazards in Europe’ (ENHANCE) has now officially ended. It has been a great project and a...

SDSN Youth seeking young, talented and passionate individuals for the role of ‘Campus Coordinator’

The deadline for submission of papers to the EAERE 2017 conference is approaching fast!

Don’t miss your chance to attend what promises to be a very exciting conference. See you in Athens. Go to the EAERE 2017 Call for Papers Learn more about EAERE 2017 Deadli...

Ολοκληρωμένη Διαχείρηση Παράκτιων Περιοχών της Κύπρου - ΔΕΛΤΙΟ ΤΥΠΟΥ

Η Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία, ως παράκτιο κράτος και νησί, καλείται, στο πλαίσιο εφαρμογής της περιβαλλον...

Watch online the ICCG B. Buchner, Ch. Knowles and Ch. Grossmann Lectures on “Climate Finance”

From webinars to publications, from the Best Climate Practices contest to the research activities of the observatories, the International Center for Climat...

IOBE: Εκδήλωση για την Επιχειρηματικότητα

Το Ίδρυμα Οικονομικών και Βιομηχανικών Ερευνών (IOBE) οργανώνει δημόσια εκδήλωση για την παρου...

Ethics in Action: “The UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals”

A Dialogue with Prof. Jeffrey Sachs and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Join the Ethics in Action Initiative for an interview with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon...

Πρόσκληση για συμμετοχή σε hackathon με αγρο-διατροφικά δεδομένα

Το ευρωπαϊκό ερευνητικό έργο CAPSELLA , του οποίου συντονιστής είναι το Ερευνητικό Κέντρο ΑΘΗΝΑ, ...

Εκδήλωση Βράβευσης 6ου Διαγωνισμού Επιχειρηματικής Ιδέας ΟΠΑ

Τη Δευτέρα 14 Νοεμβρίου 2016 στις 17:00 διοργανώνεται ειδική εκδήλωση στο “Athens Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovati...

The deadline for abstracts of the symposium on the effects of global change on floods, fluvial geomorphology and related hazards is getting close

Please download the last call for abstracts of the symposium on The effects of global change on floods, fluvial geomorphology and related hazards in mountainous rivers, which will ...

Say with a thunderclap: "All systems go!" for the Paris Agreement on climate action!

We hope you will join us in celebrating the Paris Climate Agreement's entry into force on November 4th by participating in a social media thunderclap! Just click here and ...

The SMIRES forum of young researchers (FYR) is starting up

Being a PhD student or having a PhD for less than 8 years qualifies you as a young researcher in the SMIRES COST action. If you are a young researcher currently involved with the ...

Less debt more Earth; WWF opens dialogue on green debt relief for a living economy in Greece

Seven years of crisis and austerity in Europe are placing great strain on the European project. In Europe’s nature, life goes on: Greece hosts a unique ecological treasury, w...

European Forests Info Pool

EFI info pool is now at our service! EFI info pool is a platform for EFI and its network to share news about funding calls relevant for the forest sector, capacity building o...

Msc STUDENTS, are you looking for a PHD in the social sciences?

COME TO ATHENS, AUEB - 3 NOVEMBER, 14:50-15:40! The European University Institute offers fully-funded four-year Ph.D. programmes in the social sciences. There are approximate...

EKLIPSE calls for engagement to develop a self-sustainable EU support mechanism for evidence-informed policy on biodiversity and ecosystem services

EKLIPSE recently established its first working group on a DG RTD request on an "impact evaluation framework on NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS TO PROMOTE CLIMATE RESILIENCE IN URB...

Call for nomination to the EKLIPSE's Knowledge Coordination Body (KCB)

The KCB is a key element part of the EKLIPSE project and mechanism, responsible for organising and accompanying the knowledge synthesis processes within EKLIPSE over the next two y...

Call for members of the EKLIPSE's Expert group on Knowledge Synthesis Methods

The task of the Expert Group on Knowledge Synthesis Methods will be to provide and share knowledge about different forms, methods and limitations of knowledge collation, appraisal ...

“Expanding access to climate financing”

The Best Climate Practices Contest 2016 is on! Submit by May 30, 2016 your projects/ideas designed to raise and drive financial support toward local,...

GLOBAQUA Course on Stable Isotopes

“The use of stable isotopes in investigations of hydrological processes and climate change” is the subject of the next GLOBAQUA Project training course. The course...

Prestigious Distinction to the President of ELIAMEP, Loukas Tsoukalis

France awarded a prestigious distinction to the President of the Hellenic Foundation for European & Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP), Professor Loukas Tsoukalis. The President of the ...

New issue of the journal of Environmental and Resource Economics 

The April 2016 special issue of the journal of Environmental and Resource Economics is now available for downloading. Volume 63, Issue 4, April 2016 Special issue: Recent ...

Southern European Seas - Clean Seas by 2020

Policy-oriented marine Environmental Research for the Southern European Seas (PERSEUS) is a research project that assesses the dual impact of human activity and natural pressures o...

Towards a new European Forest Institute Strategy - Give us your opinion!

Dear colleagues, Please check out the latest European Forest Institute (EFI) Network News, dedicated to developing a new strategy for the institute. EFI would very much l...

SFEcologie 2016: CALL FOR ABSTRACTS NOW OPEN!

The 2016 international conference of the French Ecological Society (SFÉ) will be held in Marseille, at the historic Palais du Pharo, with local organizing from the 'Inst...

Ένας Χρόνος Κυκλοφορίας της ΟΠΑ NEWS

Η εφημερίδα του Πανεπιστημίου μας, «ΟΠΑ NEWS», έκλεισε 1 χρόνο κυκλοφορίας. Με αυτή την αφορμ�...

Σχεδιάζοντας από κοινού την πόλη του 2050: Η δεύτερη φάση της Ανθεκτικής Αθήνας είναι γεγονός!

SDSN Year 2016 in Review

Official Launch of the Jeffrey Sachs Center on Sustainable Development