UNESCO Chair on Climate Diplomacy was founded at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in March 2019. The Chair promotes interdisciplinary research, training, education as well as policy-capacity building in the field of climate change policies and diplomacy at the national, regional and international level. The initiatives and activities of the UNESCO Chair on Climate Diplomacy stem from the following threefold logic:
Education and dissemination of knowledge - Research - Bridging the gap between academia and policy-makers
To that end, the activities of the Chair focus on:
- Gathering and processing the existing knowledge on climate change policies and transferring the knowledge to interested state and non-state actors;
- Highlighting the field of climate diplomacy as a key lever for introducing and implementing climate change policies. Emphasis will be given in South-Eastern Europe;
- Promoting the education of climate change policies and diplomacy, sustainable development and Sustainable Development Goals, protection of the marine environment, and other relevant fields.
The UNESCO Chair on Climate Diplomacy collaborates closely with the Institute of European Integration and Policy at the host University.
Find more on the Chair's publications here and the Youth Climate Diplomacy Forum on Southeast Europe here
