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1. 31. 12 JUN 2024: Networking event of initiatives and projects for adaptation to climate change
   

   Dr Christos Giannakopoulos  and J. Lemesios from the CLIMADAPT team participated in the ''Networking event of initiatives and projects for adaptation to climate change"  that  tοοκ place  at the Serafion Building of the Municipality of Athens. The event was organized by the Green Fund, in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment and Energy and the Natural Environment and Climate Change Agency in the framework of the integrated LIFE-IP AdaptInGR project. Dr Christos Giannakopoulos, as the representative of Greece in the EU Mission Adaptation Working Group ,was one of the speakers at the Round Table: Challenges, Tools and Best Practices for Networking.

   

   

   
   
2. 32. 22 MAY 2024: Joint meeting of the working group of the strategic configuration of the Horizon Europe programme
   

   Dr Christos Giannakopoulos participated in the ''Joint meeting of the working group of the strategic configuration of the Horizon Europe programme committee on the mission on adaptation to climate change &  the European Council Working Group on Adaptation '', which took place in Bruxelles. Dr C. Giannakopoulos, as the national representative, joined all discussions of the European Council Working Group on Adaptation.

   

   
   
3. 33. 21 APR 2024: 2024 EQUINOX SUMMIT
   

   Dr. Christos Giannakopoulos, participated  in the 2024 EQUINOX SUMMIT,  organized by The Joint Programming Initiative "Connecting Climate Knowledge for Europe" (JPI Climate), and took place in Brussels, Belgium on March 26th , 2024.  With this second Equinox Summit, the JPI Climate builds on the achievements of the first edition by exploring a number of products that can be pursued to keep science up-to-date across the European research area. These products covered thematic areas such as:  Achieving climate neutrality, Climate resilience, Managing the transition and transformation, Complementary analysis: fundamental science

   

   
   
4. 34. 18 APR 2024: Alumni Activities on Climate Justice and the Rights of Future Generations
   

   Dr Giannakopoulos gave a speech regarding climate change to a  group visit of 50 people under the initiative GCA Task Force on Climate Justice and the Rights of Future Generations at  NOA's Thisio Visitors  Centre. His speech was in the framework of Alumni Activities on Climate Justice and the Rights of Future Generations , where people from all over the world had the opportunity to explore ways to spearhead activities concerning climate justice and the rights of future generations at the alumni level. 

   

   
   
5. 35. 04 APR 2024: The Urbanproof toolkit
   

   Mr. Giannis Lemesios MSc., representing CLIMADAT team, delivered a presentation titled “The Urbanproof toolkit: a powerful decision support systems for urban municipalities to adapt to climate changes”. The audience comprised postgraduate students from the School of Spatial Planning and Department of the Faculty of Engineering at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.

   

   

   
   
6. 36. 03 APR 2024 - 05 APR 2024 : 3-days workshop for Climate Change Adaptation in the Region of Central Macedonia
   

   Gianna Kitsara and Giannis Lemesios, from CLIMADAPT team, participated in the 3-days workshop for Climate Change Adaptation in the Region of Central Macedonia ,in the framework of LIFE-IP AdaptInGR project, which took place in  the headquarters of the Region in Thessaloniki,  from 3 to 5 of April 2024. CLIMADAPT team had oral presentations titled as: 'Climate Change projections in the Region of Central Macedonia' , 'Online tools and use of climate indices' and participated in the conversations during panels and several sections of the workshop.

   

   

   

   
   
7. 37. 12 MAR 2024: Interview of Dr. Christos Giannakopoulos and Tim van der Schreik at the national newspaper '' Kathimerini'' regarding the European project ''MediterRE3'
   

   Interview of Dr. Christos Giannakopoulos and Tim van der Schreik at the national newspaper '' Kathimerini'' regarding the European project ''MediterRE3'' which promotes the adoption of fire-smart landscape management practices to reduce greenhouse gas emissions generated by Mediterranean wildfires in the nature parks of Luberon (France), Prokletije and Komovi (Montenegro) and Samaria (Greece). This project is funded by the German Cooperation (GIZ) through the EUKI (European Climate Initiative) instrument. Climadapt group Researchers inform the readers about the modelling study conducted  by the CLIMADAPT/NOA group  and Instituto Oikos  suggesting that applying fire-smart landscape management practices on just 5% of the high-risk territories may reduce the area burned annually by 15%. 

   Read the article here (greek version) and here (english version)

   Additionally, in the framework of the MediterRE3 project CLIMADAPT/NOA group published an article in NOA's magazine. 

   

   
   
8. 38. 08 FEB 2024: Dr. Christos Giannakopoulos participated, as a speaker, in the hybrid Seminar on climate change and the organization of simulations at school “Training for Trainers – T4T”
   

   Dr. Christos Giannakopoulos participated, as a speaker, in the hybrid Seminar on climate change and the organization of simulations at  school “Training for Trainers – T4T”, which was organized by ELIAMEP (Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy) on February 6-8. His speech was titled ''Future climate trends in Attica region, climate change impacts and adaptation plans''

   

   
   
9. 39. 22 JAN 2024: Dr. Christos Giannakopoulos participated as an expert on the Green Expert Panel organized by the National Social Center Research (EKKE)
   

   Dr. Christos Giannakopoulos participated as an expert on the Green Expert Panel organized by the National Social Center Research (EKKE) in Athens on Monday 22 January 2024. This was a closed panel of experts, in the framework of JustReDi project ( within the National Recovery and Resilience Plan Greece 2.0 ) , with the aim of green transition in terms of equity, resilience, sustainable development and social inclusion.

   

   
   
10. 40. 16 JAN 2024 - 19 JAN 2024 : Dr. Christos Giannakopoulos participated, as the IPCC's focal point for Greece ,in the 60th session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC-60)
    

    Dr. Christos Giannakopoulos participated, as the IPCC's focal point for Greece ,in the 60th session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC-60) which took place in Istanbul, Türkiye from 16 to 19 January 2024 . The Sixtieth Session of the IPCC was the first substantive meeting of the Panel for its seventh assessment cycle. During this meeting, the IPCC took crucial decisions on its work plan for the coming years, including on the products and timelines for its outputs.