Maria Kottari
Dr. Maria Kottari is a Principal Consultant at Technopolis Group (TG Netherlands) where she specialises among others in project management/coordination, research and business development in the green transition and innovation domains (e.g. EU Green Deal). She is an experienced energy transition, climate change, and sustainability expert with 14 years of working experience and a solid network in subjects related to the EU and international politics and governance, energy and climate policies, sustainability, innovation, and socio-economic challenges.Throughout her career in the public sector (European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC), European Union Agency for Cybersecurity), academia (European University Institute, University of Amsterdam) and consultancy (collaboration among others with UN's Food & Agricultural organisation), she has been involved in initiatives related to energy transition and climate change mitigation and adaptation. She was in particular involved in the green economy (e.g. sustainable finance, decarbonisation processes), technological and citizen-driven innovation.
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How to address water scarcity in the EU? Interview with STOA study author Maria Kottari
The EU is facing major challenges with increasing water scarcity. That said, there is also some good news: water consumption by households has been decreasing over the last years. This is what green transition and innovation expert Dr. Maria Kottari has found. She authored a new study commissioned by...