University Mohammed VI Polytechnic (UM6P) has renewed its commitment towards global educational and environmental standards during the U7+ Alliance Presidential Summit.
The event took place on April 11-12 in Milan, Italy, convening universities from different countries — including Canada, US, Japan, Italy, UK, Germany, and France.
The event served as a platform to discuss education and sustainability, UM6P said in a press release, stressing that the university was represented by President Hicham El Habti.
During the event, UM6P emphasized its commitment to “inclusive education through a scholarship program supporting 80% of its students,” enabling the university to boost its dedication to global educational and environmental standards.
This commitment is in line with the U7+ Summit recommendations to G7 leaders, UM6P added.
During his remarks at the ‘Climate Change and Sustainability Session,” El Habti stressed UM6P’s “significant contributions to sustainability,” including its initiatives in the fields of renewable energies, sustainable agriculture and green technologies.
According to El Habti, UM6P’s contributions and involvement in projects like the Green City of Benguerir and the Green Energy Park positions the university as a “leader in the search for concrete solutions” to the global challenges of sustainability.
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China's carbon emissions are vast and growing, dwarfing those of other countries. Experts agree that without big reductions in China's emissions, the world cannot win the fight against climate change. In 2020, China's President Xi Jinping said his country would aim for its emissions to reach their highest point before 2030 and for carbon neutrality before 2060. His statement has now been confirmed as China's official position ahead of the COP26 global climate summit in Glasgow. But China has not said exactly how these goals will be achieved.
China's carbon emissions are vast and growing, dwarfing those of other countries. Experts agree that without big reductions in China's emissions, the world cannot win the fight against climate change. In 2020, China's President Xi Jinping said his country would aim for its emissions to reach their highest point before 2030 and for carbon neutrality before 2060. His statement has now been confirmed as China's official position ahead of the COP26 global climate summit in Glasgow. But China has not said exactly how these goals will be achieved.
A crucial U.N. conference heard calls on its first day for the world's major economies to keep their promises of financial help to address the climate crisis, while big polluters India and Brazil made new commitments to cut emissions. World leaders, environmental experts and activists all pleaded for decisive action to halt the global warming which threatens the future of the planet at the start of the two-week COP26 summit in the Scottish city of Glasgow on Monday. The task facing negotiators was made even more daunting by the failure of the Group of 20 major industrial nations to agree ambitious new commitments at the weekend.