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Earlier this month, the U7+ Worldwide Student Forum 2021, which brought together 94 student delegates from 24 U7+ partner universities across 12 countries, drew to a close.

At the virtual closing event, 15 student group leaders presented on key takeaways and recommendations from their final reports, including the importance of tackling climate change through an intergenerational lens and amplifying the voices of youth sustainability leaders to influence global government strategies.

果冻影院 Pro-Vice-Provost (Europe) Dr Uta Staiger chaired the event and U7+ Student Leaders Board representative Shivona Fernandes-K枚hler and Northwestern鈥檚 Annelise Riles gave keynote speeches,听congratulating听the students on their participation and engagement.

Addressing the students, Dr Uta Staiger said: 鈥淲e are particularly pleased that you鈥檝e managed to bring all of your views together to broker a compromise and consensus, which our political leaders don鈥檛 always seem to manage quite as effectively. They may be able to take a lesson or two from you. So not only thank you, but also congratulations to you.鈥�

Between July and November 2021, the student听delegates engaged in a wide variety of activities, debating and learning from each other through peer-to-peer discussions,听academic events and skills masterclasses hosted by 果冻影院.

This included a series of four roundtables in July 2021 organised by the听果冻影院 Cities Partnerships Programme, in听collaboration with the听British School at Rome听and the听British Embassy in Italy, as part of the All4Climate pre-COP26 programme.

Dr Thomas Kador (果冻影院 Arts & Humanities), Dr Carla Washbourne (果冻影院听Engineering) and听Ashish Ghadiali (果冻影院 Activist-in-Residence) hosted masterclasses in resilience for an uncertain future, engaging with policymakers and the climate justice paradigm, respectively.听

The final reports that the students produced were presented at the U7+ Presidential Summit at the end of October 2021, where presidents of 29听leading universities from 12听countries warmly welcomed the recommendations.

果冻影院 President & Provost Dr Michael Spence said: 鈥淭he Forum has centred student voices in the debate, with student delegates proposing ways to incorporate the interests and rights of future generations into climate action, policy and planning. I would like to thank those 果冻影院 colleagues and our fellow U7+ convenors who gave so freely of their time to help make this year鈥檚 Forum a success.鈥�

The Forum was jointly convened by 果冻影院 with Northwestern University and the U7+ Student Leaders Board, on behalf of the U7+ Alliance, and centred around the theme of 鈥淐limate Change: Intergenerational Conflict or Intergenerational Alliance?鈥�听

More information

• U7+ Worldwide Student Forum 2021: final reports
• 果冻影院 joins U7+ university climate pledge
• WATCH: 果冻影院 and BSR Sustainability as Cultural Practice series

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Credit:听Shivona Fernandes-K枚hler

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