Alliance for Carbon Neutral World Universities established

It is reported that on October 27th, the establishment ceremony of the Carbon Neutral World University Alliance jointly initiated by Southeast University and the University of Birmingham was held in Nanjing
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The alliance brings together nearly 30 universities including Southeast University, Beihang University, Tianjin University, Dalian University of Technology, University of Birmingham, and the University of Kentucky in the United States.
It is the world's first world university focusing on talent training and scientific research cooperation in carbon neutral technology.
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At the inauguration ceremony, Zhang Guangjun, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and president of Southeast University, said that he advocated the establishment of a carbon-neutral world university alliance in order to give full play to the advantages of universities’ profound basic research and interdisciplinary integration, and to further promote the cooperation and exchanges among world universities.
Joint training and scientific research of high-level talents in the field of carbon neutral science and technology
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David Eastwood, vice-chancellor of the University of Birmingham, said that climate change is one of the biggest challenges facing modern society
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The establishment of the Carbon Neutral World University Alliance will provide member universities and research institutions with opportunities and capabilities to work together across geographic boundaries
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Ma Xin, Vice Governor of Jiangsu Province, put forward three expectations for the future development of the alliance
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One is to become an important platform for scientific research cooperation in the field of global carbon neutrality, to stimulate the vitality of green technology innovation, and to strengthen joint research on key cutting-edge technologies; the other is to become an important platform for collaborative training of talents in the field of global carbon neutrality, and to jointly build carbon neutrality related disciplines , to create more professional high-level talents with international vision and forward-looking thinking; the third is to become an important platform for decision-making consultation in the field of global carbon neutrality, actively carry out forward-looking, targeted and reserve carbon neutrality policy research, and provide the government with High-level decision-making consulting services
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