#Demokritos

New Publication: Compound climate events and their role in the decay of Greece’s cultural heritage

Authors: Iason Markantonis, Theocharis Katrakazis, Diamando Vlachogiannis, Athanasios Sfetsos, Ioannis Kioutsioukis & Ioannis Karatasios  Check out our latest work published in Nature Scientific Reports by Iasonas Markantonis et al., exploring how compound climate events accelerate the decay of porous materials in Greece’s archaeological and built heritage. Using high-resolution climate data Read more…

By Dimitra Panou, ago

𝟯𝟬 𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗚𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗮, 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽! 🌊

Sitia, located in Eastern Crete, is a climate hotspot known for its rare flora and fauna as well as its unique geological landscapes. Yesterday marked the 10th anniversary of the UNESCO Global Geopark of Sitia. Throughout the rest of the week, the 5th Summer School on Geosites & Sustainability will Read more…

By Dimitra Panou, ago

Climate EREL at ECCA 2025: Showcasing Innovation in Climate Adaptation

🌍 Climate EREL attended ECCA 2025 in Rimini (16–18 June), where we showcased significant strides in two major Horizon Europe initiatives:🔹 Climate Adapt 4 EOSC– Pioneering climate data interoperability and adaptation services on the European Open Science Cloud—bringing us closer to seamless, EOSC-powered climate resilience solutions.🔹 ICARIA – Improving Climate Resilience of Critical Read more…

By Dimitra Panou, ago

New Publication: Assessing the Impact of European Initiatives on Mitigating Severe Climate Effects in Egaleo: A Technological and Social Innovation Perspective

Authors: Rafail, Vasileios-Alexandros; Zarikos, Ioannis; Karozis, Stelios; Sfetsos, Athanasios; Tzempelikos, Dimitrios We are excited to share our latest publication, which explores how the Municipality of Egaleo—a densely populated urban area in Attica—is navigating the growing challenges of climate change through innovative, EU-funded initiatives. 🔍 What’s important about this work? This Read more…

By Dimitra Panou, ago

Nature as an ally. Med regions together against climate risks

EU-funded Med-Iren project promotes innovative solutions BRUSSELS – Seven Mediterranean territories, from Italy to France, from Spain to Greece and Cyprus, are joining forces to make critical infrastructure more resilient to climate change using nature as an ally. The European project Med-Iren (Mediterranean Critical Infrastructure Resilience Engineering with Nature-Based Solutions) Read more…

By Dimitra Panou, ago

The MED-IREN KoM was successfully completed yesterday in Athens

The ????????????-???????????????? ???????????? was successfully completed yesterday in Athens Adopting a systems thinking approach, the consortium partners carried out a workshop on hashtag#climate hashtag#adaptation and had fruitful discussions about: ???????? Stakeholder mapping & engagement???? Co-design of the demo and replicating regions across the Mediterranean region and beyond???? Progress indicators to Read more…

By Dimitra Panou, ago

New Publication: Atmospheric preconditions investigation of wet-cold compound events in Greece between 1980 and 2004

Authors: Iason Markantonis, Diamando Vlachogiannis, Athanasios Sfetsos & Ioannis Kioutsioukis  We are thrilled to announce that our PhD candidate Iasonas Markantonis has published a new paper in with Springer-Verlag GmbH Austria. His work, titled “Atmospheric preconditions investigation of wet-cold compound events in Greece between 1980 and 2004” delves into the Read more…

By Dimitra Panou, ago

Διαδικτυακή Ενημερωτική Ημερίδα για το Ευρωπαϊκό Χρηματοδοτικό Πρόγραμμα LIFE – Πρόσκληση 2024

Στο πλαίσιο των καθηκόντων των Εθνικών Σημείων Επαφής του Προγράμματος LIFE (Πράσινο Ταμείο και Υπουργείο Περιβάλλοντος και Ενέργειας) και του Έργου Οικοδόμησης Δυναμικού – GREEK LIFE TASK FORCE PLUS (LIFE21-CAP-EL-GRLTF plus – 101101858), το Πράσινο Ταμείο σε συνεργασία με τον Ευρωπαϊκό Εκτελεστικό Οργανισμό για το Κλίμα, τις Υποδομές και το Read more…

By Dimitra Panou, ago

Rock the Block: Ένα καινοτόμο ευρωπαϊκό πρόγραμμα για λύσεις οικονομικά προσιτής κατοικίας

Ο Δήμος Αιγάλεω ανακοινώνει την έναρξη του Rock the Block, ενός καινοτόμου προγράμματος για τη βελτίωση των συνθηκών στέγασης, μέσω τεχνικών επεμβάσεων σε πολυκατοικίες, δημιουργικών δράσεων στις γειτονιές και νέων υπηρεσιών στον Δήμο Αιγάλεω.  Ένα καινοτόμο πιλοτικό πρόγραμμα για οικονομικά προσιτή κατοικία και ζωντανές γειτονιές  ετοιμάζεται να εφαρμόσει ο δήμος Read more…

By Dimitra Panou, ago

???? Municipality of Egaleo and NCSR “DEMOKRITOS”​ at the Mission Adaptation regional event for climate adaptation!

On April 11th, our partners Evridiki Pavlidi, Effrosyni Karakitsou and Ioannis Zarikos shared their experience on climate adaptation with other Greek cities and regions at the Mission Implementation Platform for Adaptation to Climate Change (MIP4Adapt) high-level event in Athens. Learn more about the entire event and the insightful discussions that Read more…

By Dimitra Panou, ago