About Climate Change Hub
A fair and inclusive green transition driven by empowering civil society and local communities
With the firm belief that the answers to the many challenges of our time lie in the strengthening of democratic institutions and that all stakeholders must undertake a more active role towards the achievement of the green transition, the Climate Change Hub aims to bridge the gap between scientific evidence, public policy and the civil society, by empowering social responsibility and by providing the necessary tools and equal opportunities to citizens, agencies and all actors involved in climate change, so as to ensure a coordinated course of action across the board.
The Climate Change Hub’s mission is to contribute to the achievement of Greece’s national green transition and resilience goals, by enhancing cooperation, coordination and collaboration between government agencies, the civil society, and the scientific community. We address four fundamental challenges that are hindering the type of transformative action needed to achieve the ambitious EU climate resilience goals set forth:
• Lack of coordinated mobilisation of cross-sectoral and siloed actors
• Lack of citizens engagement in the green transition process.
• Significant capacity gaps at the local, regional, and national levels in delivering against ambitious goals.
• Fragmentation of best-available climate knowledge and data needed to develop and implement transformative catalytic solutions.
• Limited citizens’ involvement and a restricted participation of the civil society in green transition policies and action plans.
The Climate Change Hub aims to to strengthen democracy by empowering social responsibility.
Participatory design for resilient societies
We seek to implement a more flexible approach towards policy planning and implementation, by co-designing policy solutions that are based on our unique bottom-up mapping of actors and initiatives while offering international expertise and glocal (global with local partners) networking. It is through this multi-layered approach that citizens, local authorities, and members of the civil society are tangibly empowered and incentivized to undertake a more active role in the democratic public processes involved in the formulation of climate change and green transition policies, thereby becoming responsible and accountable for our future.
Our Goals
Dissemination of Information & Knowledge
It contributes to the dissemination of information and the enhancement of communication among stakeholders through the creation of an online platform (one-stop shop).
Designing Resilience Strategies
It accelerates the planning and implementation of transformation projects and resilience programs in cities across the country, and subsequently, in the broader region of Southeastern Europe.
Empowering Green Employment
It aims to inform and train young people about green jobs, with a particular focus on those living in vulnerable areas.
Strengthening Environmental Democracy
It helps in creatingan interconnected community that will take action at the national level.
Why now
The Team

Βασιλική Μαλτάσογλου
Γενική Συντονίστρια – Υπεύθυνη Επικοινωνίας

Paul Nelson
Founding Principal, Resilient Cities Catalyst

Achilles Tsaltas
Secretary of Climate Change Hub, President, Democracy & Culture Foundation

Stelios Diakoulakis
Deputy Regional Director for Europe, C40 Cities

George Dikaios
Senior Research Fellow, UNESCO Chair on Climate Diplomacy (NKUA) & ELIAMEP

Emmanuella Doussis
Professor of International Institutions (NKUA), UNESCO Chairholder on Climate Diplomacy

Vasiliki Maltasoglou
General Coordinator - Commununications Manager

Fiona Andrikopoulou
Strategic Communications Consultant
Founding Partners



Strategic Partners

