The Dutch Research Council (NWO) and the National Science Foundation of China (NSFC) are funding the “Towards Inclusive Circular Economy: Transnational Network for Wise-waste Cities (IWWCs)” project. This collaboration involves teams from Erasmus University Rotterdam, Delft University of Technology, Peking University, Tongji University, and City University of Hong Kong. The four-year project focuses on inclusive wise-waste cities. As the project …
UNU Macau AI Conference 2024
On April 24 and April 25, 2024, the UNU Macau AI Conference 2024 was held in Macau, gathering an international group of youths, experts, academia, the private sector, UN agencies, and governments for a global dialogue on the responsible and sustainable development of AI. 26 sessions and 4 side events took place , facilitating dialogue, discussion and exchange across 3 …
Full charge ahead: Innovation mission on batteries
The Netherlands is keen to become a major player in the next generation of batteries. In line with this, the Netherlands Innovation Network China and the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO), with strong and close collaboration of the Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency (NFIA) organised an innovation mission to China focused on batteries. This fact-finding mission aimed to explore China’s current activities …