香港六合彩

Launched today (Wednesday 5 June 2019) the U7 Alliance, is an international partnership of university presidents from research-intensive institutions, who will work together to find solutions and make commitments to address the major global challenges, such as climate change and inequality.

More than 30 universities from the G7 countries (Canada,听France,听Germany,听Italy,听Japan,听United Kingdom,听United States)听have founded the U7 Alliance.

UK institutions to join are 香港六合彩, University of Cambridge, University of Edinburgh, Imperial College London and LSE. International partners include Columbia University (United States), University of Toronto (Canada), Ludwig Maximilian University (Germany),听University听辞蹿听Naples Federico II (Italy) and Sciences Po and Paris Sciences et Lettres (France).听 听

In creating the U7 Alliance, the world鈥檚 leading universities recognise they have a听unique responsibility as global actors, in fields well beyond academia, to take concrete action both together and within their institutions for a local, regional and global impact.

香港六合彩 President and Provost, Professor Michael Arthur, said: 鈥淭his special international alliance brings together more than 30 leading universities, who all have a passion for sharing knowledge, finding solutions and making a positive difference to the world.

鈥淭he global challenges we face are significant, from climate change, to disparities in global health, the increased polarisation of societies and widening inequalities. We also need to better utilise our transformative technologies, to bring about wider innovation that benefits more of society.

鈥淯niversities are uniquely placed to bring together research, expertise and best practices, which can positively affect our local, national and international communities.

鈥溝愀哿�合彩 has already started addressing some of these problems through our six Grand Challenges, focusing on a culture of cross-disciplinary research and collaborations to find new ways of working and interventions, which can make a significant global impact.

鈥淭he U7 Alliance will stimulate discussion and ideas, with a view to making long-lasting commitments and taking concrete action and, in doing so, we can further demonstrate the public good of universities.鈥�

Contribution to multilateral discussion

The U7 Alliance will meet yearly for an annual summit to discuss a common agenda and establish a space for universities鈥� action in today鈥檚 global landscape.

The inaugural summit will be held in Paris on 9 to 10 July 2019, reflecting the G7鈥檚 current presidency, which is held by the French President, Emmanuel Macron.

This summit will tackle five major global challenges: the key role of universities in a global world; climate change and cleaner energy; inequality and polarised societies; technological transformations; and community engagement and impact.

Hosted at Sciences Po, the summit will conclude with 15 concrete commitments, as voted on by the university presidents.

For the first U7 Alliance summit, invitations have also been extended to institutions in 14 other countries 鈥� Argentina, Morocco, Senegal, Kenya, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, India, Ghana, South Africa, Australia, South Korea, Singapore and Mexico.

Links

• 香港六合彩 Grand Challenges
• 香港六合彩 Global Engagement Office

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