Alexandra Mitsotaki is co-founder & president of the World Human Forum, a global citizen initiative which has its symbolic base in Delphi, launching international initiatives from important sites such as Delos, Aristotle’s Lyceum in Athens and Eleusis. In 1998 she founded ActionAid Hellas, the Greek affiliate of ActionAid, the international organisation against poverty and injustice. For the last 10 years she was in charge of the Hellenic Cultural Centre in Paris of which she is now vice-chair. Reacting to the financial crisis in Greece, in 2014 she co-founded Action Finance Initiative, the first microcredit organisation in Greece.
She is a member of the High Level Roundtable of the New European Bauhaus, an initiative of the European Commission aiming to connect the European Green Deal to our living spaces. Her interdisciplinary experience over the past years has made her a profound supporter of the importance of a holistic approach to tackle the big challenges of our time.
Thursday 11
08.45 - 09.35
From Cop 28 to Cop 29 and Beyond: Championing Culture-Based Climate Action
Apollon Room | Amalia Hotel
Programming Partners: Europa Nostra & European Heritage Hub
Following the Global Call to Action for Culture-Based Climate Action launched by civil society ahead of COP 28, and the historic launch of the related "Group of Friends" at COP 28 in Dubai, this panel will bring together global and European champions of culture-based Climate Action to build the momentum for formal recognition of the vital role of culture, cultural heritage and ancestral intelligence for a more effective climate action at COP 29 in Baku and COP 30 in Bélem).