Abstract
Extreme weather events across Europe reveal how ecological realities reshape planetary existence, threatening long-term societal wellbeing. Europe experiences the fastest-rising temperatures globally. Intensifying climate pressures demand innovative educational approaches, with environmental assessment methodologies, policy analysis, and socioeconomic statistics. Greece, along with Portugal, Spain, France, and Italy, exemplifies these continental trends through stark empirical evidence. Tourism-dependent communities experience significant economic disruption as climate disasters affect infrastructure and necessitate mass evacuations. Demographic pressures intensify as younger and educated populations emigrate during economic crises, while tourism-dependent economies face increasing vulnerability. Under the EU’s binding European Climate Law (2021), all Mediterranean member states are legally committed to achieving climate neutrality by 2050 and reducing greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by 2030 compared to 1990 levels. However, compliance with these ambitious EU-wide targets remains challenging across the region, considering the accelerating pace of ecological transformation and its cascading socioeconomic impacts. This paper presents an AI-Enhanced Educational Assessment Framework for Environmental Policy, demonstrating how AI can transform educational approaches to climate risk evaluation and policy formation across Mediterranean Europe. Methods include a) AI-powered data analysis integrating environmental and socioeconomic indicators across Greece, Portugal, Spain, France, and Italy, b) Machine Learning assessment comparing national climate laws, proactive measures, and best practices among these five Mediterranean nations, and c) development of predictive educational models for prevention and recovery methodologies. This innovative assessment framework examines how AI tools can revolutionize education, and socioeconomic and environmental studies.
Presenters
Maria BurnsDirector, Technology Leadership & Innovation Management, Information Science Technology, University of Houston, Texas, United States
Details
Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
Education, Assessment and Policy
KEYWORDS
AI, Education, Policy, Mediterranean, Europe, France, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain
