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  1. 41. 25 JUL 2023 - 28 JUL 2023 : Dr. Christos Giannakopoulos participated, as the IPCC's focal point for Greece ,in the Fifty-ninth Session of the IPCC (IPCC-59)

    Dr. Christos Giannakopoulos participated, as the IPCC's focal point for Greece ,in the Fifty-ninth Session of the IPCC (IPCC-59) ,which took place at the headquarters of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in Nairobi, Kenya, from 25 to 28 July 2023. The main agenda item of the Fifty-ninth Session of the IPCC was the election of the IPCC Chair, members of the IPCC Bureau and the Task Force Bureau (TFB) of the seventh assessment cycle

    Ch. Giannakopoulos with
    the Greek Ambassador in Kenya IPCC-59

    Ch. Giannakopoulos in the
    59th Session of the IPCC
    Voting badge of Greece
    for the IPCC's elections


  2. 42. 24 JUL 2023: Comments by Dr. Christos Giannakopoulos in Kathimerini newspaper

    Comments by Dr. Christos Giannakopoulos in Kathimerini newspaper, regarding forest fires and their link to climate change, with reference to the results of a scientific paper.


  3. 43. 05 JUL 2023 - 07 JUL 2023 : 3-days workshop for Climate Change Adaptation in the Region of North Aegean

    Gianna Kitsara and Giannis Lemesios, from CLIMADAPT team, participated in the 3-days workshop for Climate Change Adaptation in the Region of North Aegean , held on the islands of Lesvos, Chios and Samos in the framework of LIFE-IP AdaptInGR project . CLIMADAPT team had 2 oral presentations titled as: 'Climate Change projections in the Region of North Aegean' and 'Online tools and use of climate indices'

     


  4. 44. 19 JUN 2023 - 21 JUN 2023 : Dr. Christos Giannakopoulos participated in the 6th European Climate Change Adaptation Conference 2023 (ECCA 2023)

    Dr. Christos Giannakopoulos participated in the 6th European Climate Change Adaptation Conference 2023 (ECCA 2023) , held in Dublin (Ireland), presenting a poster  Ecca Poster 2023


  5. 45. 13 JUN 2023: Dr. Christos Giannakopoulos participitation in the IPCC's National focal point for Greece ,in the Second Forum of the Mission adaptation to climate change

    Dr. Christos Giannakopoulos participated, as the IPCC's National focal point for Greece ,in the Second Forum of the Mission adaptation to climate change , held in Blekinge, Sweden :


  6. 46. 22 MAY 2023 - 24 MAY 2023 : 9th International Conference on Meteorology and Climatology of the Mediterranean

    Dr. Christos Giannakopoulos participated in the 9th International Conference on Meteorology and Climatology of the Mediterranean (MetMed), held in Genoa (Italy), presenting two posters:

    Climate indices and return period analysis to assess the long-term impact of climate change on olive crops in Peloponnese, Greece
    Μicro-climate assessment of pilot areas through an installed meteorological network on Andros Island, Greece


  7. 47. 23 JAN 2023: Lecture by Dr. Christos Giannakopoulos , regarding Climate change impacts in Agriculture

    Lecture by Dr. Christos Giannakopoulos , regarding Climate change impacts in Agriculture , to a Canadian group of adult students within the Rural Ontario Institute's Agricultural Leadership Program'' (Athens).

     


  8. 48. 19 OCT 2022 - 21 OCT 2022 : Climate Change projections for the Region of Western Macedonia

    Dr. Christos Giannakopoulos participated in the 3-days workshop for Adaptation of climate change in the Region of Western Macedonia on the framework of LIFE-IP AdaptInGR project. Dr. Giannakopoulos had an oral presentation titled : Climate Change projections for the Region of Western Macedonia


  9. 49. 03 SEP 2022: Climate Change - Causes - Consequences -Municipal Measures and Plans to Reduce Carbon Emissions

    Dr. Christos Giannakopoulos was one of the speakers in the 2-days conference of the PINDOS NETWORK, on the topic: "Climate Change - Causes - Consequences -Municipal Measures and Plans to Reduce Carbon Emissions" ,September 2, 3 and 4, 2022, Pyli, Trikala, Greece . Dr. Giannakopoulos' speech was titled : Climate Change, extreme phenomena and impacts on Mountainous Central Greece.


  10. 50. 15 JUN 2022: Climate Change and Cultural Heritage

    Dr. Christos Giannakopoulos was one of the speakers in the webinar titled Climate Change and Cultural Heritage organised by the Ministry of Culture and Sports in the frame of the cooperation between China and Central and Eastern European Countries.

    Forum programme

     

     

    Webinar in Greek language Webinar in English language

     

     






TV/Radio Interviews

  • Interviews of Dr. Christos Giannakopoulos in the German media, regarding the summer 2024 forest fires in Northeast Attica and their consequences, September 2004
    Audio and Podcasts in German (Link1 , Link2)
  • Interview of Dr Christos Giannakopoulos in HELLENIC PARLIAMENT TV in the frame of the CLIMACT project, 26/09/2020
  • On Sunday, November 14, 2021, Hellenic Link–Midwest presented Dr. Giannakopoulos in an online lecture titled "Climate Change, Extreme Events and Impacts for Greece in the Near and Distant Future ”. This lecture was supported by the Hellenic Foundation, Chicago.


Articles in press

  • Interview of Dr Christos Giannakopoulos in Suddeutsche Zeitung (German Newspaper), Article Title ‘’Überleben auf dem Hotspot’’, October 23, 2021
  • Article of Christos Giannakopoulos in a special issue of the newspaper ‘’Efimerida ton Syntakton’’ dedicated to Climate Change , June 2021


Newsletters

  • Six newsletters, in the frame of the MED-GOLD project, that can be found here
  • Five newsletters, in the frame of the CLIMACT project, that can be found here (2021)

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