ICARUS Launch Event & Scientific Workshop

The event will kick off at noon of June 1 and will feature insights and presentations from distinguished experts on climate change mitigation, reduction of carbon footprint and air quality enhancement in 9 European cities, amongst which Thessaloniki and Athens, covering the Mediterranean region as well as Central and Western Europe. In addition, the ICARUS project team will present the methodology to develop integrated tools and strategies for urban impact assessment and policy analyses for climate protection management at a European level.

Registration is free and open until 30 May.

To register, go to: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/icarus-launch-conference-tickets-24985466202?aff=eac2

• When: 1-2-3 June 2016
• Where: Aristotle University Research Dissemination Centre (KEDEA), Thessaloniki

ICARUS – “Integrated Climate forcing and Air pollution Reduction in Urban Systems” – a 6.5 million Euro flagship research project funded by the Horizon 2020 Programme of the European Commission, will explore pathways and propose tools, strategies and policy measures for climate change mitigation, and air quality enhancement in 9 European cities. The cities are: Athens, Thessaloniki, Milan, Madrid, Ljubljana, Stuttgart, Bristol, Brno and Basel. The project is coordinated by the Environmental Engineering Laboratory (EnvE-LAB), part of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH), Greece.

For more information, please contact Maria Andrielou on mariaandrielou@gmail.com or at 0030 2310 996227. To find out more about ICARUS, please visit: http://www.enve-lab.eu/index.php/work/icarus/.