This talk was shown live at TEDxEuropeanSustainabilityAcademy Crete, online event, 17.10.2020 Theme: Making sense of climate change on Crete|Taking Action.
Professor Theocharis Tsoutsos (Environmental Eng. School, TU Crete) gives an enlightening overview of engaging a wide range of stakeholders across the city of Rethymno, Crete, to improve the sustainability impacts of mobility. He explains the policy based, complimentary mobility solutions and practical action of the H2020 CIVITAS destinations project and how diverse people engaged in those actions and learned about enhancing sustainability in mobility.
This programme has shown to improve living quality for permanent residents, increase the image of the city and improve the experience of visitors.
The Rethymno initiative is a ‘lighthouse example’ for other EU cities to follow.
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Professor (Environmental Eng School,TU Crete), Member, School Management Committee (2013-2017); Director, Graduate Programme «Environmental Engineering» (2014-2017); Founder