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The U7+ Alliance today issued a statement asking G7 leaders to take into account the interests of future generations as the world recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic and seeks to mitigate the effects of climate change.The alliance, a group of univers
Northwestern has been elected first Secretariat of the U7+ Alliance of World Universities, the University announced in a Monday release.
The U7 Alliance brings together leaders from top higher education institutions in G7, or “Group of Seven” Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States for multilateral discussion on global issues. The collective then aims to coordinate these solutions with the G7 governments.
Pritzker Prof. Annelise Riles, executive director of the Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs, will direct the Secretariat. Riles said members of the alliance can discuss issues like climate change and the ethics of artificial intelligence to the forefront of policy debates.
Northwestern Now
The Fukushima accident was the most severe since the Chernobyl disaster of 1986.
It has been 10 years since a major earthquake and tsunami triggered the Fukushima nuclear accident of 2011.
Now, the Japanese town of Namie has been reduced to less than 8% of its original population as residents remain evacuated, said Mayor Kazuhiro Yoshida during his address to a global audience of nuclear experts, which was hosted on March 10 by Northwestern University.
From the event, Northwestern Now offers several points of view by experts who explain the inequities faced by the residents of that region and what it looks like today.