Impact – Advancing Air Quality, Food Security and Human Health under Global Climate Change

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Collaboration with Stakeholders

The Project Team is committed to not only promoting academic advancement across and within disciplines, but also contributing to the society through providing research-related advice to various government departments and non-government organizations in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong Observatory (HKO)

OUR CONTRIBUTION

Climate Research Forum

share views on the seasonal outlook for Hong Kong weather and climate as announced by HKO to the general public
review the scientific justification for these extended-range forecasts
present research findings to HKO staff members and local academics to improve their understanding on various issues affecting Hong Kong’s weather and climate, such as long-term climate change, potential maximum precipitation, heat waves, storm surges accompanying invasion of tropical cyclones, etc.

Environmental Protection Department (EPD)

OUR CONTRIBUTION

Air Quality Objectives (AQO) Review Working Group

review the latest development on air quality standards and the health effects of air pollution
advise on the methodologies on air science and health assessments, including emission estimation, air quality assessment and projection, cost benefit analysis of air quality improvement measures and health impact assessment

Working Group on Application of Numerical Models to Environmental Impact Assessment in Hong Kong

review the performance of Pollutants in the Atmosphere and their Transport over Hong Kong (“PATH-2016”) Modelling System in simulating air quality over the whole Pearl River Delta (PRD) region including Hong Kong

Business Environment Council

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Road Transport Dialogue Platform

provide professional advice to local industry and policy makers on local future transportation development for sustainable environment

Knowledge Transfer

The Project Team endeavours to engage in knowledge transfer activities to arouse public awareness in the ways that climate change affects air quality, food supply and human health.

HIGHLIGHTED EVENTS

The ‘WMO WWRP 4th International Symposium on Nowcasting and Very-short-range Forecast 2016’ (WSN16 symposium) was held from 25 July to 29 July at CUHK. It was jointly organized by the Institute of Environment, Energy and Sustainability (IEES) of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), the World Weather Research Programme of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO WWRP), the Hong Kong Observatory (HKO) of the HKSAR Government, and the Hong Kong Meteorological Society (HKMetS)…

The Institute of Environment, Energy and Sustainability (IEES) of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) was a co-sponsor of the Sixth WMO International Workshop on Monsoons (IWM-VI) from 13 to 17 November 2017 in Singapore. This quadrennial Workshop was organized by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Working Group on Tropical Meteorology Research (WGTMR) Monsoon Panel, and hosted by the Meteorological Service Singapore (MSS). Other co-sponsors include the Climate Variability/Global Energy and Water Cycle Exchanges (CLIVAR/GEWEX) Monsoon Panel, Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO) Task Force, Subseasonal to Seasonal (S2S) Steering Group, Years of Maritime Continent (YMC) Scientific Steering Committee, and the World Scientific Publishing Company…

The Workshop on Frontiers of Tropical Meteorology cum 11th Meeting of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Working Group on Tropical Meteorology Research (WGTMR), hosted by the Institute of Environment, Energy and Sustainability (IEES), was held from 21 to 23 September 2017 at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). Speakers at the Workshop on Frontiers of Tropical Meteorology on 21 September are mostly WMO WGTMR members…

Supported by Future Earth’s International Global Atmospheric Chemistry (IGAC) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) World Climate Research Programme’s (WCRP) Stratosphere-troposphere Processes and their Role in Climate (SPARC), the Chemistry Climate Model Initiative (CCMI) held the 2019 Science Workshop from 7 to 9 August 2019 on the campus of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). Prof. Amos Pui-kuen TAI from the Earth System Science Programme (ESSC) and the Institute of Environment, Energy and Sustainability (IEES) were the hosts…

To showcase the research strategies and achievements of CUHK to members of the Research Grant Council (RGC), CUHK received the RGC Visiting Party on June 14, 2018. The RGC Visit is held each year at one of the UGC-funded universities. The Visiting Party comprises RGC members and members of the assessment committees/Panels under the Council…

International<br/> Conferences/Visits

Research<br/> Seminars

Media<br/> Interviews

Secondary<br/> School Talks