Joseph E. Aoun, a leader in higher education policy and a renowned scholar in linguistics, is the seventh President of Northeastern University.
President Aoun has strategically aligned the University’s research enterprise with three global imperatives—health, security, and sustainability. Northeastern’s faculty focus on interdisciplinary research, entrepreneurship, and transforming academic research into commercial solutions for the world’s most pressing problems. During President Aoun’s tenure, the University has realized a 189 percent growth in external research funding, along with approximately 1,500 patent applications filed by faculty and students.
Looming large at the 27th Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC (COP27) this November was the question of financial responsibility. As extreme weather events, including drought, fires, and flooding, increasingly impact developing countries, these countries are calling for developed countries to provide financial support for both mitigation strategies and “loss and damage.” In this Climate Week panel discussion, led by Globe climate reporter and producer Dharna Noor, local and national experts will address the question: Who bears the responsibility of financing life-altering climate projects?
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