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PM Mitsotakis announces 2020 Athens meeting for climate change

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By Nick Kampouris

Addressing the United Nations Climate Summit in New York on Monday, Greek Premier Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced that Athens will hold an international summit at the level of heads of state and governments to address the risks posed by climate change to the world’s cultural heritage.

This announcement was made by the Greek Prime Minister as part of his administration’s initiative to raise global awareness about the threats climate change poses to global monuments and cultural treasures across the globe.

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During his speech, Mitsotakis noted that Greece has taken clear initiatives to protect its cultural heritage from the effects of climate change, including the physical erosion of its monuments.

Some of the initiatives carried out with the support of UNESCO and the World Meteorological Organization, aim to tackle the risks posed by climate change not only to the cultural heritage of Greece but that of the entire world.

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Themes Climate change Cultural heritage
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