In the name of "green" development, the Ministry of Environment and Energy approved a fund of five million euros for energy upgrading projects of the Holy Monastery of Vatopedi using Renewable Energy Sources (RES). The project was included in the ministry's 2021-2025 sectoral development program and is scheduled for completion by June 2025.

The Eastern Mediterranean faces many challenges in today's shifting geopolitical landscape, "from the threat of climate change and need for energy security, to dangerous leaders in neighboring Turkey or Russia," US Senator & Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Robert (Bob) Menendez told the 1st East Macedonia & Thrace Forum, held in the northeastern Greek city of Alexandroupolis on February 22-23.

Huge investments of 30 billion euros by 2030 on an annual basis and 38,000 new jobs is foreseen by the updated National Plan for Energy and Climate (ESEK).