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The rising threats climate change poses for Greece and the Mediterranean

Climate change is set to asymmetrically impact the Mediterranean over the next decades. The stakes couldn’t be higher for Greece and Cyprus, both of which were identified as the most vulnerable to climate change among the EU member states. Katerina Sokou, a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Europe Center of the Atlantic Council and the Washington DC correspondent for SKAI TV and Kathimerini, joins our host Thanos Davelis to break down her latest in-depth issue brief on the risks that climate change poses for the region and for Greece.

Read Katerina Sokou’s issue brief here: The Rising National Security Threats from Climate Change in the Mediterranean Region

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Mitsotakis announces €50 increase in minimum wage from May 1

Cyprus to further ease use of COVID certificates, masks

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