On August 1, 2024, the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration (FEBA) and the National Center for Polar Studies at Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" are organizing a scientific conference titled "Research and Innovation for Climate, Sustainability, and Citizens - From Local to National and Global Perspectives and Lessons Learnt for Better Policies, Practices, and Life".

The event aims to demonstrate that climate change affects each one of us simultaneously. Still, at the same time, it can be influenced by everyone at regional, national, European Union, and global levels. Therefore, in the first part, the Net-Zero Lab and ESG Lab at the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration will highlight the need for progress in the implementation of existing and recently adopted European policies - the Net-Zero Industry Act, including strategic plans for the deployment of technologies with net-zero impact potential. In the second part of the conference, we will emphasize scientific diplomacy and research related to environmental changes in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean.

The conference is part of the satellite program accompanying Bulgaria's hosting of the 61st session of the most influential international scientific organization in the field of climate change, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC-61), which takes place in Sofia from July 27 to August 2.

You can find the event program here.

The conference will be held in hall 420 at the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration. There is no participation fee, but pre-registration is required, which you can do at the following link.

For additional information: Maya Todorova, Event coordinator, email: mayalt@uni-sofia.bg, +359885 706 965.