National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) organized researchers around the world, in particular focusing on the issues in Asia, holding the “Pathways to Progress: Achieving the SDGs in Asia” conference on Nov. 28th, Zenda Suites, participants had been making efforts to discuss how progress on the United Nations’ sustainable goals (SDGs) could be accelerated in Asia.
This year, NCKU’s WUN Global Research Group-SDGs in Asia funded 15 projects, allowing researchers to work towards the 17 goals and connecting 31 institutes and 71 researchers across five continents.
On behalf of NCKU, the Vice President and the Vice President for International Affairs, Hong-Chen Chen, said that the SDGs in Asia program is not only to realize the benefits and the impacts of SDGs but also provide an opportunity to exchange ideas and share experiences; furthermore, to fulfill the university’s social responsibility.
Also, Prof. Tsair-Fuh Lin, the chair of the WUN Global Research Group-SDGs in Asia, participated remotely from Bangkok and welcomed each one who joined the conference, sending gratitude for every researcher’s efforts and sharing. Then he introduced the one-day conference, which would include water quality and treatment, sustainable construction, energy storage control systems, public health, and climate change education, tackling the SDGs.
Research findings shared by Taiwanese academics and their international colleagues showed some interesting discussions during the day-long event.