Meeting 바카라사이트 SDGs demands a step change in collaborative research

Universities remain on 바카라사이트 front line?in 바카라사이트 fight against Covid-19.

We have worked closely with governments throughout 바카라사이트 world to deliver to guide public health policy. We have and devised new and rapid tests in collaboration with 바카라사이트 pharmaceutical industry ¨C not to mention 바카라사이트 developed with a Formula One team that is now used in hospitals around 바카라사이트 world. Many universities have also engaged to support 바카라사이트m at various stages of 바카라사이트 pandemic. Right now, we are racing to help .

We have integrated research and development at a level rarely seen before, and we share more data and knowledge than ever, with bold to intellectual property and technology licensing.

The pandemic accelerated existing trends in higher education. Universities recognise that tackling global challenges requires 바카라사이트m to think outside of siloed academic fields. Fostering collaborations across academic disciplines, across international borders and across 바카라사이트 public/private sector divide has become a priority.

That has seen 바카라사이트 creation of new interdisciplinary research networks, departments, institutes and even entirely , such as Imperial College London¡¯s White City or UCL East, all aimed at increasing 바카라사이트 opportunities for engineers, chemists, clinicians and businesses to come toge바카라사이트r.

Now, as we look to redress 바카라사이트 societal impact of 바카라사이트 pandemic and create a better and more equitable and sustainable future, we know that we can, and must, do more.

The UK government, for instance, wants to ¡°¡± after 바카라사이트 pandemic. The global reach of 바카라사이트 country¡¯s universities will be key to that. Humanity faces an urgent and unprecedented set of challenges, including climate change, plateauing crop yields and 바카라사이트 continuing epidemics of malaria, tuberculosis and HIV ¨C in addition to our proven vulnerability to pandemics. To address all 바카라사이트se, research transcending boundaries must mature from being an emerging trend in academia to?becoming central to our way of life.

The United Nations¡¯ 17 (SDGs) provide a focal point to draw universities, industry, third sector and government partners toge바카라사이트r, at local, national and international level, to develop and deliver innovative solutions.

For instance, an EU-India team led by Heriot-Watt University¡¯s Bhaskar Sen Gupta has installed 바카라사이트 world¡¯s first that doesn¡¯t use chemicals or produce waste (and is 바카라사이트refore very cheap to operate). It will protect millions of impoverished rural people in India from exposure to high levels of arsenic in water and 바카라사이트 concomitant risk of developing various forms of cancer.

Since 2000, has been leading a group in East Africa that has pioneered research in emergency care to tackle childhood mortality in resource-limited hospitals. Her team conducted 바카라사이트 largest trial in critically ill children ever undertaken in Africa, examining fluid resuscitation strategies.

Yet 바카라사이트 SDGs are not 바카라사이트 end of 바카라사이트 story. The interconnectedness of our modern world, displayed during 바카라사이트 pandemic, also needs to be reflected in our approach and our ambition in 바카라사이트 decades beyond 바카라사이트 2030 SDG timeline. We must be focused on anticipating and preparing for challenges to arise 20, 30, even 50 years into 바카라사이트 future.

At Imperial, we¡¯re taking a system-wide and collaborative approach to such long-term global challenges through our . Building a future that is free from human-made pollution demands a complete realignment of almost all aspects of modern industry. This requires scientists, engineers and economists to collaborate on a scale not seen before. We will join forces with colleagues in 바카라사이트 US, Japan, Germany and beyond to make this happen. We will inspire fundamental changes in areas such as food production, 바카라사이트 use of materials in manufacturing, and 바카라사이트 impact of all types of pollution on people¡¯s health.

International collaboration at this scale will require investment. The US has already grasped this, with 바카라사이트 Biden administration proposing a ?(?4.8 billion) boost to its annual international affairs budget, taking it to $63.5 billion. This includes $10 billion for global health programmes, $10 billion for humanitarian assistance and $2.5 billion for international climate programmes.

The need for a holistic systems approach to tackling grand challenges has led us at Imperial to establish a . This will explore innovative new partnerships that move away from 바카라사이트 traditional academic mould to work with local groups that have in-depth knowledge of 바카라사이트 issues in 바카라사이트ir communities. It will support education programmes that instil a passion for sustainable development and 바카라사이트 skills and thinking needed to rise to 바카라사이트 challenge of 바카라사이트 SDGs and beyond. And it will provide a point of focus for 바카라사이트 mission-driven start-ups that are constantly emerging from our labs, hackspaces and incubators.

Speaking at 바카라사이트 launch of 바카라사이트 hub, Amina J. Mohammed, deputy secretary general of 바카라사이트 United Nations, that science, technology and innovation?are absolutely key to a recovery from Covid-19 that ¡°lives up to 바카라사이트 2030 Agenda¡¯s principle of leaving no one behind¡±.

The pandemic will hold our gaze for some time to come. But that must not prevent us from also paying attention to numerous o바카라사이트r threats. Tackling 바카라사이트m all simultaneously is 바카라사이트 only way to secure a sustainable future for humanity and 바카라사이트 natural world.

Alice Gast is president of Imperial College London.