While climate change is a global crisis, its impacts are profoundly and systematically unequal. This talk will confront the uncomfortable truth that the burden of a warming planet is not shared fairly. We will explore how different communities, nations and even people of different sexes are suffering its most devastating consequences.
We will start with first the frontlines of the crisis, then trace the roots of this disparity, highlighting how vulnerable regions are experiencing climate impacts with a severity that outstrips their capacity to cope.
However, this is not just a story of victimhood; it is a call for redefined responsibility. This talk will argue that climate justice must be at the heart of our response. The fight against climate change is inseparable from the fight for a more equitable world.
Professor Leung Wing Mo was an Assistant Director of the Hong Kong Observatory. His scope of work included, amongst others, weather forecasting, climate change and climatology, as well as radiation monitoring and assessment.
He is currently the Chairman of the Guangdong Nuclear Safety Consultative Committee, spokesman of the Hong Kong Meteorological Society, member of the Slope Safety Communication Strategic Advisory Committee and Museum Advisory Committee.
Professor Leung is also a TV personality both as the first professional meteorologist in Hong Kong to host local TV weather programmes, and the host of some 400 episodes of the popular science education programme MObservatory (武測天) of TVB.
Clean water and clean air are vital for public health. This project focuses on developing high-efficiency and environmentally sustainable filters for removing harmful air/water pollutants. The team has developed novel architectures and functionalities for the filters to achieve high permeance, high removal efficiency, and excellent reusability.
