[Webinar] From Hong Kong to Polar Regions, From Climate Actions to ESG

CPT/CE Eligibility (A Recognized CPT Provider)

CPT hour(s)	1
PL (CE) hour(s)	1
RBV CPD hour(s)	1

EVENT DETAILS

(CODE: 211209LU-MSX)

Leaders attending the COP26 in Edinburgh, UK, urged all countries and all people in the global village to step up actions in achieving Carbon Neutralization so that climate changes can be combated as soon as allowable. Yes, the recorded high temperature this year (as high as 22 degrees celsius) in Longyearbyen, Svalbard Isles (78-79 degrees N in the Arctic Cycle), has caught the eyeballs of most environmentalists and polar researchers. It is noteworthy that climate change has also resulted in significant loss of the total area of Permafrost and a decrease in biodiversity. Prof. K. C. Ho, a polar researcher of Hong Kong who spent most of his retirement fund in establishing the Bauhinia Research Station in Svalbard Isles has experienced the decline of glaciers and observed the widespread growth of mosses, grasses, macroalgae, and other intrusive plants in the Polar Regions.

They make land unexpectedly spoiled and green. According to his own research results over the past 28 years, harmful algal bloom (commonly known as ‘red tides’) occurs more frequently now that represents pollution and global warming. If we do not step up actions in environmental management, the consequences would be tragic. We are at the critical moment – either take care of the mother Earth by sustainable business and policies, and community actions, or we would face the striking back of nature.

Achieving carbon-zero and advancement in a low-carbon society, by so-called ‘circular economy’ is fundamental. Think globally, act locally, immediately without delay!

About the Speaker

Prof. HO Kin Chung, BBS, JP
Honorary Professor of Department of Geography,
University of Hong Kong

何建宗教授
銅紫荆星勳章、太平紳士
香港大學地理系名譽教授

• Founder of Polar Research Institute of Hong Kong and Director of the Bauhinia Research Station in Svalbard Isles
• Former Dean of School of Science and Technology, The Open University of Hong Kong
• Special-appointed Professor, College of Marine Ecology and Environment, Shanghai Ocean University
• Having been studying water quality and micro-algae in the Arctic for 18 times, in Antarctica for 4 times during the past 28 years
• President, Green Future Foundation

Prof. Ho has a wide spectrum of academic interests, including harmful algal blooms (red tide and blue green algae), water quality and water environment management, environmental policies (cross-border environmental cooperation, EIA, environmental legislation and sustainable development), environmental ethics (environmental philosophy and ecological theology), environmental education (green schools, NGO and community environmental actions) and polar research. Prof. Ho has published about 40 books and more than 500 academic papers in journals and proceedings, >10 technical reports for the Government and 8 sets of distance-learning study materials. With regard to polar research, Prof. Ho visited the Antarctica four times and the Higher Arctic ten times. He holds a prestigious position in his academic research areas and has obtained numerous honours and awards at local, regional and international levels.

MC by Mr. Alvin Ho, CFA, Allivision Partners Limited & Ms. Felicia Wong, CFA, Director of CFA Society Hong Kong

Rating General
Material presented will be basic and of interest to a general audience having no background in the area. 
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