On May 19th Prof. Phoebe Koundouri participated at the Horasis Global Meeting – one of the foremost annual meetings of the world’s leaders from business, government and society.
Prof. Koundouri gave a speech in the plenary panel “European-African Sustainability Partnership”, which took place online.
Panel Plenary: European-African Sustainability Partnership
Topics that were discussed:
- How can both continents utilize best synergies and complement each other in the fight against climate change?
- How to unite efforts to protect the world’s 2nd largest rainforest?
- How to utilize Africa’s enormous renewable energy resources to drive sustainable industrialization on the African continent and to supply Europe with Green energy?
- How can break through technologies enhance sustainable development and replace fossil fuel on the African and European continent?
Participants:
- Mafalda Duarte, Chief Executive Officer, Climate Investment Funds, World Bank, USA
- Phoebe Koundouri, Co-Chair, United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network, Greece
- Otto Waterlander, Chief Sustainability Officer, TES-H2, Belgium
Chaired by
- Thomas Wu, Director International Affairs, Senate of Economy International, Germany
Learn more here
Watch the discussion here