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Public Speaking / Interviews

Biodiversity and Policy

Talk by Ioli Christopoulou on "Biodiversity conservation policy” to students of the Department of Biological Applications and Technology at the University of Ioannina.

Special Report: Post lignite

Nikos Mantzaris participated in Tasos Teloglou’s show “Special Report” on decision to phase out lignite, its causes, and its impacts on Western Macedonia and the future of PPC’s new, under construction lignite plant “Ptolemaida V”, which has already costed €1,4 billion.

Protected areas as models of sustainable development: Prospects and opportunities

Talk by Ioli Christopoulou titled “Protected areas as models of sustainable development: prospects and opportunities" at the SYRIZA event entitled "Governance and Eco-Development of Protected Areas (Natura 2000 sites)" on February 24, 2020.

EU developments and the next day in Western Macedonia

Nikos Mantzaris spoke about the challenges of the Just Transition in Western Macedonia at two events in Kozani as well as in the local media.

Getting to know the EU Green Deal

Participation of Ioli Christopoulou in a panel discussion on the European Green Deal hosted by Matroni Dikaiakou’s "Karta Melous" (Member's Card) show on the Hellenic Parliament’s broadcaster. The panel discussion brought to light both the ambitious objectives of the EU’s new development strategy as well as the challenges in accomplishing them, at the EU and…

The new programming period 2021-2027, an opportunity for a sustainable future for Greece

Talk by Ioli Christopoulou titled “The critical decade – Financing for a sustainable future” during the National Conference on Growth for the Partnership Agreement 2021- 2027 on Friday, January 17 2020.

Greek caves and bats

Collaboration between the Green Tank and the LIFE GRECABAT project during a two-day conference organized by the project’s team at the Ministry of Environment and Energy.

About the climate crisis

Talk by Ioli Christopoulou titled “Climate change is here and it determines our lives” during the 13th conference of Nea Dimokratia (New Democracy)

Protecting the Mediterranean

The Green Tank participated in the event titled “The Mediterranean Tomorrow? Mare Mortum” which was organized by the YWCA – Glyfada (Greece), in collaboration with the Hellenic Center for Marine Research (HCMR) at the Glyfada town hall.

Environmental crime in protected areas

Collaboration of the Green Tank with the Hellenic Society for the Protection of Nature on a seminar titled “Management Bodies of Protected Areas and Environmental Crime” which was organized in the framework of the LIFE Natura Themis project.

Western Macedonia after the decision to phase out lignite by 2028

Journalists Socrates Moutidis and Panagiotis Tsartsianidis attempt to give an X-ray of the situation in Western Macedonia immediately after the Greek prime minister's historic announcement in New York “to close all lignite units the latest by 2028”, in their TV show in www.kozani.tv.  

The role of NGOs in environmental governance

Guest lecture by Ioli Christopoulou on the role of environmental NGOs in environmental governance on October 21, 2019.

Management bodies of protected areas: Present and future

Presentation by Ioli Christopoulou during the day-long consultation process titled “Management bodies of protected areas: Present and Future” organized by the Greek Ministry of Environment and Energy.

The Green Tank in the BCET2019 Conference in Kozani

Nikos Mantzaris represented the Green Tank at the Balkan Clean Energy Transition (BCET) Conference held in Kozani on September 19-22, 2019.