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1. 1. 03 JUN 2026 - 05 JUN 2026 : 9th General Assembly of the Copernicus Climate Change Service
   

   Dr Christos Giannakopoulos and Myrto Gratsea attended the ECMWF’s 9th General Assembly of the Copernicus Climate Change Service in Budapest, Hungary. The General Assembly is an exciting moment to connect with C3S service providers as well as with representatives of EU institutions and agencies, and ECMWF’s partner organisations. The programme offered ample networking opportunities in between engaging plenary and poster sessions. Climadapt Group participated with 1 oral and 2 poster presentations.

   

    

   

   
   
2. 2. 09 MAY 2026 - 21 MAY 2026 : Skopje, North Macedonia 'BESPIN Regional Trialogue for Europe and Central Asia'
   

   Dr. Christos GIANNAKOPOULOS, participated as  the IPCC  Focal Point for Greece, to  ‘The BESPIN Regional Trialogue for Europe and Central Asia’ which brought together policymakers, scientists, practitioners and traditional and local knowledge holders to explore how biodiversity and climate evidence can be better connected and applied.

   Participants engaged directly with knowledge generated by IPBES and IPCC and will consider how it can be jointly understood and applied in national and regional contexts.

   

   

   
   
3. 3. 31 MAR 2026: Webinar: Supporting the Management Units of Protected Areas (NECCA) in Climate Change Adaptation – Geospatial Tool & Practical Application
   

   J. Lemesios from the CLIMADAPT group was one of the main speakers in the webinar regarding the presentation of the  geospatial tool developed for the Greek Climate Change Adaptation HUB under the  LIFE-IP AdaptInGR project

   
   
4. 4. 22 MAR 2026: Lecture on Climate Change, extremes and impacts on Agriculture and Tourism by Dr. G Kitsara
   

   Athens, Zeus Wyndham Grand Hotel, Lecture on Climate Change, extremes and impacts on Agriculture and Tourism. Dr. G Kitsara from the CLIMADAPT group made a lecture for the wedgworthleadership group (Class 2026)  title as ‘’Climate Change, extremes and impacts on Agriculture and Tourism’’ which was held in Athens  Zeus Wyndham Grand Hotel.

   

   
   
5. 5. 18 MAR 2026 - 20 MAR 2026 : LIFE-IP AdaptInGR Capacity-building workshop on the climate adaptation of Thessaly, Larissa.
   

   Dr Christos Giannakopoulos and Giannis Lemesios from CLIMADAPT group attended the event and made oral presentations related to climate change impacts and climate projections for Thessaly region, including sectors such as infrastructure ,urban resilience and water resources management.The workshop was addressed to decision makers, technical and other services staff of the regional and local governments.

   

    

   
   
6. 6. 12 FEB 2026 - 13 FEB 2026 : MOIRAI General Assembly, Copenhagen, Denmark
   

   Dr Christos Giannakopoulos represented NOA to the MOIRAI consortium gathering in Copenhagen for its General Assembly, hosted by the Danish Meteorological Institute. Over two days of intensive discussions, partners reviewed progress across work packages and aligned on the next steps toward delivering robust, policy-relevant climate insights for Europe’s seas and coasts.

   
   
7. 7. 10 NOV 2025 - 12 NOV 2025 : MedGU-25 in Athens
   

   NOA team attended the MedGU-25, held in-person and online on 10–12 November 2025 in Dr Giannakopoulos presented ‘’Plenary 1: High Resolution Gridded Datasets for Greece: From Daily Observations to Downscaled Climate Projections ‘’  from CLIMADAT-HUB project

   

    

    

   

   
   
8. 8. 06 NOV 2025 - 07 NOV 2025 : CHOICE project : GA Meeting in Paris
   

   Christos Giannakopoulos from NOA attended the General assembly of the CHOICE project held in Paris. Dr Giannakopoulos presented Task 3.3 progress, introducing ten novel climate indicators for inclusion in Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs). NOA team has also contributed to the preparation of WP7 presentations on liaison, scientific and policy-related dissemination and outreach activities (T 7.2).

   

    

   

   
   
9. 9. 29 SEP 2025 - 01 SEP 2025 : International Conference on Meteorology, Climatology, and Atmospheric Physics (COMECAP2025) in Nicosia, Cyprus
   

   Dr. Christos Giannakopoulos participated in the International Conference on Meteorology, Climatology, and Atmospheric Physics (COMECAP2025) that took place in Nicosia, Cyprus. He orally presented the latest results of the CLIMADAT-hub project through his presentation titled 'CLIMADAT-GRid: A high resolution daily gridded dataset for Greece'. Climadapt group had also presented the 'Discomfort Indexes Variation in Athens Greece from 1901 until today' study.

   
   
10. 10. 26 SEP 2025: CHOICE project in the Researchers' Night in Athens Greece
    

    At the 2025 Researchers' Night in Greece’ at the premises of the National Observatory of Athens at Thissio, the CHOICE project brought climate science to life, showing how our everyday eating habits shape the planet. Children lined up to play CHOICE's videogame 𝐇𝐨𝐭𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐭 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡. At the same time, families explored our 𝐕𝐑 𝐞𝐲𝐞-𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦, interacted with the Interactive Simulation Environment of the 𝐅𝐀𝐁𝐋𝐄 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫, and discovered 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 through 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐩𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐭. Children became CHOICE Ambassadors by drawing what they would do to protect the planet.Gianna Kitsara and Orestis Speyer from National Observatory of Athens – NOA) hosted the CHOICE booth.