International Scientific Conference Energy and Climate Change on October 06-10, 2025 in Athens, Greece

International Scientific Conference Energy and Climate Change on October 06-10, 2025 in Athens, Greece

The 18th International Conference on “Energy and Climate Change” will take place at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA) during 6-10 October 2025, in Athens-Greece. The venue for all the events is the Athens University History Museum (16 Tholou street, Plaka) of NKUA, located beneath the impressive rock of the Acropolis-Parthenon. The Conference is set under the auspices of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization (BSEC).

This year KEPA of NKUA in its capacity as the United Nations Academic Impact Hub Co-Chair for the 7th Sustainable Development Goal (UNAI SDG7 Hub Co-Chair) will host the second (2nd) Conference of all UNAI SDG Hubs in Athens with the aim to further promote the “2030 – Agenda for Sustainable Development”. This will be an opportunity for meetings, exchange views and common action in favor of vulnerable societies.

The Conference on “Energy and Climate Change” started as an activity of an EU-FP6 funded project. The 1st PROMITHEAS Conference titled “Energy Investments and Trade Opportunities” in 2008 was a two-day event focused on political and scientific topics.

Now, the Conference is upgraded to a multi-dimensional event that includes:

1. 2nd UNAI SDGs HUBs CONFERENCE (6 Oct. 2025).

2. Associated with UNAI SDGs HUBs events (7 Oct. 2025).

3. OFFICIAL DINNER to their Excellencies the Ambassadors in the Hellenic Republic in Athens of: 1) the thirteen BSEC – Member States, 2) the UNAI SDGs HUBs, 3) BSEC – PERMIS, PABSEC, BSTDB, 4) Distinguished Academicians and 5) market stakeholders (7 Oct. 2025).

4. FORUM: The first day is devoted to the 12th “Green Energy Investments” Forum aiming to bring together policy and decision makers with market stakeholders and explore opportunities for investments that promote the transition to a low carbon economy and the implementation of the “2030 – Agenda for Sustainable Development” (8 Oct. 2025).

5. SYMPOSIUM for BSEC – GEN Members (8 Oct. 2025).

6. SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS: The second day “Scientific Sessions” is devoted to peer – viewed presentations and discussions on relevant to energy and climate change research topics, as in all previous years. Additionally, topics relevant to SDG7 are now also included (9 Oct. 2025).

7. OFFICIAL DINNER: An official dinner is provided to participants at the iconic premises of the Cultural Club of NKUA “Kostis Palamas”. The event offers a unique opportunity to explore perspectives of scientific cooperation among participants during the welcome reception and dinner (9 Oct. 2025).

8. BROKERAGE SESSIONS: The third day is shaped as a “Brokerage sessions” that will bring together scientists, policy makers and market stakeholders and facilitate them to present their activities (projects and programs), discuss about funding opportunities, mainly in the context of Horizon Europe calls and finally to increase the cross-interaction on innovative ideas and cooperation on common importance topics. Discussions among participating UNAI SDG7 Hub Energy Community members will also take place (10 Oct. 2025).

 

Name: Energy Policy and Development Centre (KEPA) of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA)
Website: http://www.kepa.uoa.gr
Address: KEPA Building, Panepistimiopolis, Athens

The Energy Policy and Development Centre (KEPA) is an academic research institute within the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. In October 2018 it was appointed, out of 1300 universities and colleges members of the UNAI (at that time), as the UNAI hub for the 7th Sustainable Development Goal (SDG)(1st three-year cohort). Today KEPA is UNAI SDG7 Hub Co-chair (3rd three-year cohort for the period 2025 -2027). Simultaneously, it is the coordinator of the “BSEC-Green Energy Network” and the “PROMITHEAS Network”. The activities of KEPA cover a wide range of topics, starting from energy geopolitics, regional energy markets, promotion of energy investments and trade, but during the last years they are oriented towards Climate Change (CC) and SDG7 Economy. Its current research activities are focused on “minimizing the negative impact of end user's behavioral obstacles in implementing energy policies, using a combination of multi-criteria methods and innovative tools”. Emphasis is also placed on knowledge transfer and capacity building for Energy Efficiency (EE), development of low carbon policy mixtures, incorporation of behavioral patterns in energy modelling and EE forward looking policies. As a UNAI SDG7 Hub Co-Chair, KEPA is the: Energy Poverty Initiative, Tree planting, Circular economy, expansion of LED use in public lighting, the Switch to less GHG emitting fuels (EE, RES, Natural Gas) in municipalities, introduction of electromobility in small-range ferry boats, development and introduction of artificial (AI) systems in forest fires, engagement of youth in SDG7 and CC innovative actions, engagement of Academia, Municipalities and market forces into International Cooperative Initiatives. As a UNAI SDG7 Hub Co-Chair, KEPA is seeking cooperation with other universities so as to form the UNAI SDG7 Energy Community that will be organized along the three axes of: teaching, research, and outreach activities. For this purpose, discussions during the Brokerage sessions will be organized accordingly depending on the expressed interest of participants.
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