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Giorgos Gkiouzepas

Senior consultant

Giorgos Gkiouzepas

Location

Panama

Languages

English, Greek

Giorgos is a Senior consultant with 20 years of experience in climate change policy and sustainability. He has provided expert support to EU institutions, UN agencies, and governments, focusing on the design and evaluation of climate adaptation projects and programmes. His expertise includes health and climate change, local-level adaptation, landscape management, and climate finance mechanisms. Giorgos is skilled in vulnerability and risk assessment, economic and financial analysis, feasibility studies for adaptation options, and monitoring and evaluation. He holds a Ph.D. in Climate Change Policy from the University of the Aegean.

Qualifications

PhD – Climate Policy – University of the Aegean
MSc – Environmental Policy and Management – University of the Aegean
BSc – Environmental Sciences – University of the Aegean

A Q&A with Giorgos Gkiouzepas

In a nutshell, tell us about yourself.

I studied environmental sciences in Lesvos, Greece, a beautiful island that later became known to the world as the epicentre of the 2015 European refugee crisis. Seeing the first refugees arriving in June of that year only made my conviction stronger that we should strive collectively and in any way we can to create a more just, peaceful, and sustainable world.

In my career, first in an academic environment and later in the private sector, I always tried to contribute towards this vision. Working with E Co. is another step in achieving this.

What drives you to do this kind of work?

The hope that despite all our failures as humankind, we will be able to transition to a more just, sustainable and peaceful world. Oh, and that my child won’t hate me for bringing her into this world.