The Kali Polis Project: Building the Next Generation of City Climate Leaders

Partnerships for co-creation of knowledge and research
Empower cities to act, raise ambition, and scale implementation
Knowledge-sharing on a specific topic, method, and/or output
Awareness-raising on a specific topic, method, and/or output
Capacity building in climate science data and analyses

Marnie McGregor

Co-Founder and Executive Director, The Kali Polis Group

22 Jun | 15:30–16:30
organization
The Demos Center of The American College of Greece
country
Greece
Reference: 
CR4-05
Multi-level Governance and Partnerships
Housing and Infrastructure
Insight to Impact (Research and Practice) (60-minute session)
Conference room 4 (CR4)
Streaming on MS Teams

Summary

The Kali Polis Project is an urban semester internship program for American College of Greece (ACG) students. Created by The Demos Center of the American College of Greece, with funding support from GCoM and ACG, this project provides innovative local solutions to global climate challenges through a city-campus collaboration with Greek students co-creating real-life urban resilience projects alongside Athens region municipal staff.


This session will explore how this academic/municipal partnership is accelerating local climate action - showcasing project implementation progress and lessons learned - highlighting what’s next for this innovative internship program, and how it can be transferred to other European and global municipalities.


Featured session speakers will include:


- The American College of Greece President Edward C. Wingenbach

- The Kali Polis Project Co-Founder and Executive Director Marnie McGregor

- The Mayor of the Municipality of Kifissia Vasileios Xypolytas

- The Kali Polis Project Spring 2026 Semester female student intern (virtually)

Event files

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Partners

Organization
Country
The Demos Center of The American College of Greece
Greece

Session panelists

Panelist
Role
Organization
Country
Marnie McGregor
Executive Director
The Kali Polis Project
Greece
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