Professor Phoebe Koundouri participated in the The 4th Sustainability Summit for South-East Europe and the Mediterranean in terms of The Economist Events

The 4th Sustainability Summit for South-East Europe and the Mediterranean was held on 1 and 2 October 2020 as part of The Economist Events with the participation of AUEB professor Phoebe Koundouri, co-chair of the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN ) Greece, one of the collaborating organizers.

The summit, which was attended by distinguished speakers from around the world, sought to answer questions about on climate change, biodiversity aspects and sustainability goals as we tackle one of the most crucial issues in the global agenda, that of ongoing pandemic of COVID-19, such as:

• How do epidemics relate to the sustainability crisis?
• Will we find ways to coexist with what is happening in the biosphere?
• What are the lessons to be learnt from the Covid-19 pandemics?
• Should the sustainability goals be prioritized in the post-COVID-19 era