Sustainable development

Thanos Davelis caught up with Larry Notheis, the Chief Deputy Director at the California Conservation Corps, on the sidelines of the "Our Ocean" conference in Athens to look at how the California Conservation Corps model can be applied in Greece, and how these partnerships can make a difference in protecting the oceans, preventing and fighting wildfires, and more. 

Development Minister Kostas Skrekas, addressing the Panhellenic Exporters Association on Wednesday, said that sustainable growth rates cannot be ensured without expanding the country's production base, underlining the effort being made to sustain the growth rate over time.

In response to the global shift towards environmentally sustainable tourism practices, the Culture and Tourism Ministry is taking decisive steps to enact climate-friendly tourism development legislation.

As a part of the 2024-2028 strategic plan, initiatives are underway to bolster cultural richness and tourism while addressing the issue of climate change.

In 2024, over halfway to the 2030 deadline for the Sustainable Development Goals, as we commemorate International Women's Day, it is crucial to reflect on our collective journey towards gender equality and envision the path ahead.

The year draws to a close with Greece exhibiting two rare attributes: political stability and progress in essential reform areas. In a time of global instability, Greece stands out.

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Science, Technological Development and Innovation Jelena Begovic said on Tuesday the construction of a BIO4 campus, slated to begin at the end of December, would be very important for development of science and the bioeconomy in Serbia, and added that the Torlak Institute for Virology, Vaccines and Sera would be a part of the campus.

Although eight in 10 tourism businesses in Greece have already implemented or intend to soon adopt at least one measure of environmental and socio-sustainability, one in two players do not engage in strategic partnerships to promote sustainability according to a survey by the Institute of the Greek Tourism Confederation (INSETE).

NEW YORK - Serbian Minister of Science, Technological Development and Innovation Jelena Begovic attended a general debate in the ministerial segment of a political forum held at the UN headquarters in New York under the patronage of the UN Committee on Economic and Social Affairs.

Tourism is a mainstay of the Croatian economy, but questions are being asked of its sustainability.

In a grim report, the U.N. has warned that at the current rate of global progress 575 million people will still be living in extreme poverty and 84 million children won't be going to school in 2030 - and it will take 286 years to reach equality between men and women.