Environment and Climate Change Forum Series - Climate Change: A Global Challenge and Its Latest Situation

Environment and Climate Change Forum Series -
Climate Change: A Global Challenge and Its Latest Situation

To enhance public awareness on climate change, CUHK Jockey Club Initiative Gaia organizes the Environment and Climate Change Forum Series, inviting experts and practitioners from different fields as well as members of the public to explore new thinking and to discuss the best way forward in dealing with environmental and climate issues, both locally and globally.

At the forum on 21 August, Mr SHUN Chi-ming, Director of the Hong Kong Observatory, will analyze the latest situation and present the global challenges posed by climate change. Dr Eddy Wai-choi LEE and Professor Emily Ying-yang CHAN will respond and comment. In addition, participants will also be able to take part in the discussion and share their views in a Question and Answer Session.

Details of the Seminar
Date:	21 August 2013 (Wednesday)
Time:	3:00- 5:00 pm
Venue:	LT-2, Ground Floor, Esther Lee Building, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Keynote Speaker:	Mr SHUN Chi-ming, JP, Director of the Hong Kong Observatory
Panelists:	Dr Eddy Wai-choi LEE, Science Writer and Member of the Science Museum Advisory Panel Professor Emily Ying-yang CHAN, Director of the Collaborating Centre for Oxford University and CUHK for Disaster and Medical Humanitarian Response (CCOUC), The Chinese University of Hong Kong, and WWF Climate Witness
Forum Chair:	Professor Derrick Yuk-fo LAI, Assistant Professor, Department of Geography and Resource Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Language:	Cantonese
Enquiries:	3943 3972
Free admission. Please register here.