TAINAN (Taiwan News) — International academics shared their recent research related to the U.N.’s 17 sustainability development goals (SDG) at NCKU's "Pathways to Progress: Achieving the SDGs in Asia" on Tuesday (Nov. 28).
NCKU launched its "WUN Global Research Group - SDGs in Asia" in 2021 to create a platform for international collaboration on a number of projects designed to tackle the UN's 17 SDGs. This year, the group backed 15 projects, which connected 31 institutes and 71 researchers, across five continents, according to Chen.
At the opening ceremony, NCKU Vice President Chen Hong-chen (陳鴻震) said he believed the event would “provide valuable opportunities for us to exchange our ideas and share our experiences, especially for sustainability.”
The group’s chair, Lin Tsai-fuh (林財富), said it aims to “collaborate with universities around the world particularly on SDGs in Asia and try to expand our influence in Asia.” Lin said projects in 2023 focused on issues including public health and an aging society, drinking water quality and treatment, renewable energy storage control systems and carbon emissions, sustainable construction and reusable containers, and climate change education, which fall under U.N. SDG 3, 6,7, 11, and 13, respectively.
