Sdsn Global Climate Hub

The Global Climate Hub is operating as an SDSN Thematic Network which includes the expertise and talent of individuals and members of the SDSN Network. The Hosting Institutions of the SDSN Global Climate Hub (SDSN-GCH) are the Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB) and the “Athena” Research and Innovation Center in Information, Communication and Knowledge Technologies (ATHENA RC), both of which are part of the Alliance of Excellence for Research and Innovation on Αephoria (AE4RIA), an initiative for collaboration between research institutions, innovation accelerators, and science-technology-policy interface networks focused on sustainable development. The Academy of Athens and the Technical University of Denmark, are two of the most important co-founding institutions of the GCH. The chair of the SDSN-GCH is Prof. Phoebe Koundouri, who also is the founder and director of AE4RIA. The SDSN-GCH consists of nine thematic units that cover in an interlinked fashion a broad spectrum of climate sustainability concerns & needs: Climate Data Platforms and Digital Applications, Climate & Energy Systems Modeling, Climate & Health, Just Transition: Policies, Finance, Labor Market, Education, Training, Upskilling and Reskilling, Atmospheric Physics and Climatology, Climate, Land Use, Water-Food-Energy-Biodiversity Nexus Modeling, Innovation Acceleration for Climate Neutrality and Resilience, Transformative and Participatory Approaches. The works of the units of the GCH is supported by 200 researchers. The SDSN-GCH collates expertise, knowledge, data, and tools to provide science-based and human-centric pathways towards net zero transformation towards 2050. For successfully treading this way, sophisticated support from advanced digital technologies, complex science modelling and a holistic multi-module approach are needed, to provide suitable science-based recommendations.