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1. 1. 08 APR 2025 - 09 APR 2025 : The impacts of climate change in the Adriatic and Ionian Region
   

   Dr Christos Giannakopoulos presented ‘’ The impacts of climate change in the Adriatic and Ionian Region’’ during  the  “Accelerating climate change adaptation in the Adriatic-Ionian Region” event  in Corfu, Greece The event was organized by the Hellenic Presidency of the Adriatic-Ionian Region (EUSAIR) for 2024–2025, in collaboration with the Hellenic Ministry of Environment and Energy, the Hellenic Ministry of Economy and Finance, and the Region of Ionian Islands, and was  initiated by the integrated project «LIFE-IP AdaptInGR - Boosting the implementation of adaptation policy across Greece» (funded by the LIFE Programme of European Union and the Green Fund of Greece). The event aims to bring together all key adaptation stakeholders and trigger urgent action to improve climate resilience in the Adratic-Ionian Region.

   

    

   
   
2. 2. 20 MAR 2025 - 10 APR 2025 : Projecting the impacts of climate change on forest ecosystems in Greece
   

   Anna Karali participated in the stakeholder meetings held in Athens (20/3) and Thessaloniki (10/4) as part of the project “Projecting the impacts of climate change on forest ecosystems in Greece – An integrated forest vulnerability and mitigation framework.” During these meetings, she presented her research on the projected future risk of forest and peri-urban fires in Greece.

    

   

    

    

    

   
   
3. 3. 05 DEC 2024: One Day event: Army and Climate Change
   

   Dr Christos Giannakopoulos was one of the main speakers in the  training workshop  ‘Army and Climate Change :Prevention - Adaptation - Impacts of Climate Change’  organized  by the Hellenic Army General Staff. The one day event was held at the Armed Forces Officers' Club (LAED) in Athens. Dr Giannakopoulos’ presentation was about ‘Climate Change, Extreme Events and Impacts in Greece with emphasis on the Armed Forces.

   

   

    

   
   
4. 4. 02 DEC 2024: Hellenic Solar Shading Association Event
   

   Dr Christos Giannakopoulos was one of the main speakers, in  the first one-day event for the shading industry, organised by the Hellenic Solar Shading Association (HSSA), on December, 2 2024, at the Benaki Museum (138 Pireos St., Athens), titled “The Contribution of Shading to the Energy Efficiency of Buildings”.  Dr  Giannakopoulos talked  about ‘’The challenges of the climate crisis & its long-term impacts on Europe & Greece’’.

   

   

   
   
5. 5. 26 NOV 2024 - 28 NOV 2024 : OpenEARTH 2: Conference on Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation
   

   Dr Christos Giannakopoulos was one of the keynote speakers of the  OpenEARTH 2: Conference on Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation. The 2nd International Conference OpenEARTH 2024, organised by LIFE ClimaMED, took place from 26 to 28 November in Rethymnon, Crete. Participants engaged in discussions focused on sustainability and climate change. Dr Christos Giannakopoulos  had a presentation  regarding ‘’Climate services in support of adaptation policies in the agribusiness sector’’ in the plenary session of the conference .

   

   

   
   
6. 6. 19 NOV 2024 - 20 NOV 2024 : LIFE MareNatura annual meeting
   

   Christos Giannakopoulos, Tim van der Schriek and Gianna Kitsara from the CLIMADAPT team  participated in the annual meeting of LIFE MareNatura project, which took place  in Plaka, Athens. Dr. Tim van der Schriek presented progress to date of action T3.2 and the overall contribution of NOA team to the project.

   

   

   
   
7. 7. 12 NOV 2024 - 13 NOV 2024 : CHOICE: 2nd General Assembly in Vienna: Progress Review and Strategic Planning
   

   Dr Christos Giannakopoulos participated, with the CHOICE partners, in  the 2nd Physical General Assembly at the IIASA premises in Laxenburg, Austria. This physical meeting marked the end of the first year of the project duration and an opportunity to evaluate progress and outline the next stages in advancing the project’s goals.  Dr Giannakopoulos presented NOA’s work in WP7,WP3 during the 1rst year of the CHOICE project.

   

   
   
8. 8. 03 NOV 2024 - 02 NOV 2024 : Dialogue & Action: Climate Crisis, Forest Fires & Resilient Places
   

   Dr Christos Giannakopoulos participated, as  a speaker, at  the two-day forum of the Municipality of Messine, titled as  "Dialogue & Action: Climate Crisis, Forest Fires & Resilient Places". The forum  took place on November 2 and 3, 2024 at the Messine City Hall and  aims to bring together actors, experts and local communities to address the challenges of the climate crisis and forest fires, with an emphasis on resilience and sustainable development. Dr. Giannakopoulos had 2 presentations : ‘’FireRes  project’’ and ‘’Climate Services for Institutions and the General Public’’.

    

   
   
9. 9. 14 OCT 2024 - 16 OCT 2024 : Workshop for Climate Change Adaptation in the Region of East Macedonia-Thace
   

   Giannis Lemesios on behalf of CLIMADAPT team, participated in the 3-days workshop for Climate Change Adaptation in the Region of East Macedonia-Thace , which took place in the cities of Komotini (14&15/10) and Xanthi (16/10) . The seminar was co-organized by the Green Fund and the Region of Eastern Macedonia-Thrace in the framework of LIFE-IP AdaptInGR project .

   

    

   
   
10. 10. 08 OCT 2024 - 12 OCT 2024 : EUROENGEO 2024
    

    Gianna Kitsara, on behalf of CLIMADAPT team, participated in the 4th European Regional Conference of IAEG, held in Dubrovnik, Croatia, from October 8th to 12th, 2024, with 2 poster presentations titled as: Climate Change Adaptation and Cultural Heritage: 1) The Case Study of the Archaeological site of Ancient Messene, Greece, 2) Evaluating the Effectiveness οf Landslide Mitigation Measures Using MCDA Methods and SNAP Software.