28 June 2022 – 28 June 2022
18 June 2022 – 18 June 2022
Jeffrey Sachs Awarded 2022 Tang Prize in Sustainable Development for Leading Transdisciplinary Sustainability Science
News, Announcement | 18 June 2022 // A world-renowned professor in economics who has made great contributions to the establishment and promotion of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Prof. Sachs served as Special Advisor to three UN Secretaries-General, and...
17 June 2022 – 17 June 2022
This Styrofoam-eating ‘superworm’ could help solve the garbage crisis
News, Research, SDG13 Climate Action | 17 June 2022 // A plump larva the length of a paper clip can survive on the material that makes Styrofoam. The organism, commonly called a ‘superworm,’ could transform the way waste managers dispose of one of the...
11 June 2022 – 11 June 2022
Climate change: universities can serve as cradles for low-carbon policies and practices
Media Coverage, Climate Change, SDG13 Climate Action, SDG17 Partnerships for the Goals | 11 June 2022 // We are already seeing the health impacts of the climate crisis: an estimated 7 million people die from air pollution globally each year, with two-thirds of these...
26 May 2022 – 26 May 2022
CUHK joins International Universities Climate Alliance to promote exchanges on climate research and action
Press Release, SDG13 Climate Action, SDG17 Partnerships for the Goals | 26 May 2022 // The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) is a socially responsible institution committed to climate change research and serving as a test bed for low-carbon innovation, and was...
17 May 2022 – 17 May 2022
CUHK Engineering develops new redox flow batteries for extreme cold weather
Press Release, Energy, SDG7 Affordable and Clean Energy | 17 May 2022 // A research team led by Professor Yi-Chun Lu, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering at The Chinese University of Hong Kong’s (CUHK) Faculty of Engineering,...
06 May 2022 – 20 May 2022
綠色畢業班拍照日 Green Graduation Photo-taking Day
News, SDG13 Climate Action | 06 May 2022 於即將到來的畢業班拍照日，準畢業生不妨惜物減廢，同時發揮創意： 將家中的毛公仔改造成畢業公仔； 選用蔬果花束，拍照後可食用； 避免使用即棄物品； 轉贈多餘禮物予他人。 Let’s be mindful and creative in reducing waste on the upcoming graduation photo-taking day: Add a graduation touch to your soft toys at...
01 May 2022 – 01 May 2022
珊瑚量跌至0.2% 人工繁殖修復生態災難
Media Coverage, SDG14 Life Below Water | 01 May 2022 珊瑚礁的覆蓋率不足全球海洋的1%，卻孕育了25%海洋物種，為牠們提供重要的棲息地——若珊瑚消失，我們也無法再吃海鮮。...
29 April 2022 – 29 April 2022
綠建環評優化評級證書 增設碳績效指標
News, Architecture | 29 April 2022 // 為響應全球邁向碳中和的共同願景，香港綠色建築議會在綠建環評的評級證書加入碳績效指標。新安排適用於新建建築、既有建築、新建數據中心和既有數據中心，並將於2022 年 5 月 3 日生效。為更清晰呈現建築物的減碳表現，新證書將按項目性質加入碳相關指標，例如節能率、節水率、隱含能源優化（新建建築）和實踐廢物管理（既有建築）等。新安排旨在提高建築物碳表現的透明度，希望鼓勵項目持份者盡更大努力減低碳排放，包括建築物由營運產生的碳排放以及建築材料的隱含碳。//...
31 March 2022 – 31 March 2022
Jockey Club ‘Sports without Limits’ Youth Empowerment Programme collaborates with Global Schools and SDSN Hong Kong to offer free online professional training courses on adapted physical activity
Press Release, SDSN Hong Kong, Health & Wellness | 31 March 2022 // The Chinese University of Hong Kong’s (CUHK) Department of Sports Science and Physical Education has organised the Jockey Club ‘Sports without Limits’ Youth Empowerment Programme...
27 January 2022 – 27 January 2022
Eight universities launch Jockey Club Sustainable Campus Consumer Programme with the support from The Hong Kong Jockey Club to promote responsible consumption and production
Press Release, Collaboration, SDG12 Responsible Consumption and Production | 27 January 2022 // Funded by The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust with a donation of over HK$15 million, a three-year Jockey Club Sustainable Campus Consumer Programme was developed as a...
28 December 2021 – 28 December 2021
CUHK interdisciplinary study finds adoption of a less meat-intensive diet can reduce premature deaths related to air pollution in China
Press Release, Climate Change, Research, Sustainable Consumption | 28 December 2021 // A groundbreaking collaborative study led by The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) has revealed that shifting the current meat-intensive diet toward a less meat-intensive one...
27 December 2021 – 27 December 2021
CUHK research predicts typhoons in Asia becoming stronger and longer-lasting with doubled destructive power by the end of century
Press Release, Climate Change, Research | 27 December 2021 // A study led by Professor TAM Chi Yung Francis, Associate Professor of the Earth System Science Programme at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), suggested that the destructive power of typhoons had...
22 December 2021 – 22 December 2021
CUHK Jockey Club Museum of Climate Change 8th anniversary celebration and launch of the MoCC donor wall
Press Release, MoCC, Climate Change | 22 December 2021 // The Jockey Club Museum of Climate Change (MoCC) of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) celebrated its 8th anniversary and held the launch ceremony of the MoCC Donor Wall last Saturday (18 December)....
06 December 2021 – 06 December 2021