宁波诺丁汉大学参加英国—华南气候变化大会，分享诺大全球可持续发展的智慧和中国实践

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University of Nottingham demonstrates its commitment to sustainability at the UK-South China COP26 Conference.

上周，《联合国气候变化框架公约》第26次缔约方会议（以下简称“COP26”）在英国格拉斯哥落下帷幕。宁波诺丁汉大学执行校长尼克·迈尔斯应英国驻广州总领事馆邀请出席了COP26会外活动“英国—华南气候变化大会”，并在会上分享了诺丁汉大学三校对全球可持续发展的贡献。

■“英国—华南气候变化大会”以“通往第26届联合国气候变化大会及零碳未来”为主题，汇集了150余位来自各地的政商学界代表，以期进一步深化中国华南地区与英国的合作，以应对气候变化，并探讨创新商业模式在中英两国达成碳中和目标中所扮演的角色。大会线上线下同步进行。

本次大会为具有开拓精神和全球视野的研究人员提供了重要机会，让他们能够从专业角度为政策制定者和创新合作提供新的见解，从而解决问题并改善生活。

COP26大会主席，英国商业、能源和产业战略大臣Alok Sharma表示，在阻止森林采伐和向清洁能源过渡等领域，加强与中国合作的意义重大。他还强调，中国在应对全球气候挑战中的作用至关重要。

宁波诺丁汉大学与中国领先的研究机构和企业合作，一直致力于推动中英两国双边承诺，通过科学与创新合作应对全球挑战。

在“向自然友好型未来转变”的分会中，迈尔斯校长介绍了诺丁汉大学三校在气候变化领域广泛的研究贡献。他说："我们非常自豪，诺丁汉大学全球大家庭的专家学者正在通过前沿的科研改善生活、解决问题，为可持续发展目标做出重要贡献。丰富多样的研究课题和项目证明了我们科研人员的杰出才能。”

宁诺化学与环境工程系的唐本灿副教授分享了一个案例。该案例是一个由宁诺及其中英的企业、高校科研合作伙伴共同参与的科技部国际合作项目：饲用抗生素替代品的研究与开发。该项目旨在通过开发可作为饲料添加剂的中草药提取物来用于饲料添加，从而解决动物饲养过程中长期低剂量添加抗生素而带来的抗生素耐药性问题。

在线会议上，英国诺丁汉大学副校长Zoe Wilson教授（理学部）分享了英诺是如何通过开展跨食品系统的高水平、多学科研究为全球粮食挑战提供可持续解决方案。从基因组植物和动物科学，到初级生产（作物和牲畜）、食品制造、营养和健康，再到社会科学、商业、历史和文化，研究涉及领域非常广泛。

Zoe Wilson通过线上会议进行分享

自2004年建校，作为中国第一所中外合办大学，宁诺汇聚了全球杰出的科研学者和专家人才，共同致力于改变生活和社会，多项科研取得突破性进展。今年4月，在以"创造一个可持续的世界”为主题的科研展中，宁诺展出31个紧扣联合国可持续发展目标的亮点案例，充分展现了学校出色的科研能力和解决方案。

在中国、英国和马来西亚的全球校园里，诺丁汉大学大家庭正在通过科研、教学、校园活动、投资及与地方和全球伙伴的合作，致力于为环境的可持续发展贡献自己的力量。

University of Nottingham demonstrates its commitment to sustainability at the UK-South China COP26 Conference

The COP26 Summit, taking place in Glasgow, UK, brings together parties with the aim of accelerating actions towards the climate goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. The Provost, Professor Nick Miles, of University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC) presented the contribution of all Nottingham campuses to the global sustainability efforts at a side event of the Summit in Guangzhou.

Attended by over 150 government, business and academia representatives and watched by an audience of over 2,000 online, the Conference explored the roles of the government, industry, academia and NGOs in achieving net zero for both countries focusing on the three themes of Zero Emission Transport, Green Finance and Nature Positive Future.

Alok Sharma, President for COP26 and the UK’s Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy sent his message online to remark that it is significant to strengthen collaboration with China in areas like stopping deforestation and transition to clean energy and emphasise that China is of vital importance in this global endeavour to address this challenge.

UNNC, in partnerships with leading Chinese research institutions and businesses, has been contributing to the bilateral commitment between the UK and Chinese governments to address global challenges through science and innovation collaboration.

At the side event of How to Transform into Nature Positive Future, Professor Miles introduced the University’s wide-ranging contribution to research in the field of climate change. Speaking at the event he said, ‘’we are very proud that our researchers are solving problems and improving lives through making significant contributions to all the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The diversity of the research topics and projects is a testament to the outstanding talent of our researchers.’’

Dr Bencan Tang, Associate Professor of Chemical and Environmental Engineering at UNNC shared a case study of Alternative Feeding Antibiotic Products from Herbs in partnership with companies and research partners in the UK and Hunan Province to address the rise of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) by creating innovative solutions to address the problem.

Joining the session online from the UK, Professor Zoe Wilson, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Sciences) of University of Nottingham, UK, illustrated how the University is delivering sustainable solutions to global food challenges by undertaking high-calibre multidisciplinary research across food systems, from genome-enabled plant and animal sciences, through primary production (crops and livestock), food manufacturing, nutrition and health, and digital technologies to social science, business, and histories and cultures.

Since its establishment in 2004 as the first Sino-foreign university in China, UNNC has achieved several breakthroughs in research by bringing together the most talented staff internationally and committing itself to transforming lives and society. At the Research Exhibition Creating a Sustainable World which took place in April this year, 31 research cases were exhibited to showcase UNNC capabilities and solutions to 16 of the United Nations SDGs.

COP26 offers important opportunities for the pioneering and globally minded researchers to translate their knowledge into insights for policy-makers and innovation partnerships that solve problems and improve lives. With global campuses in the UK, China and Malaysia, the University of Nottingham is committed to environmental sustainability through our research, teaching, campus activity, investments and our work with partners locally, nationally and globally.

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