新闻稿及香港科大故事

The recent Extinction Rebellion movement in the UK protested against climate breakdown, biodiversity loss and the risk of social and ecological collapse.

Air pollution is a major environmental and health concern in Hong Kong and the largest environmental health risk, according to the World Health Organization, tying it to seven million premature deaths globally in 2016. Yet many of us accept it as part of city living.

Our fishery gave birth to a love of seafood, but it is also contributing to the global fish stocks decline. We degraded it through overfishing, pollution and reclamation before building a fleet to ravage fisheries in other places.

By Miao Jia, Research Assistant Professor of Division of Social Science, HKUST By 2064, Hong Kong's number of elderly (aged 65 and older) will reach 2.58 million, accounting for 36 percent of the population.

承接去年成功推出「八大走饮管」运动，八所教资会资助大学将于今年3月11日发起「八大BYO (Bring Your Own )」运动，鼓励师生减少使用即弃用具。 此运动标志着八所大学将透过共同努力，减少即弃废物，参与院校包括香港城市大学、香港浸会大学、岭南大学、香港中文大学、香港教育大学、香港理工大学、香港科技大学及香港大学。 今年的运动以「自携」为主题，鼓励学生及教职员在校园用餐或购物时，自携各种可重用物品，例如购物袋、水樽及餐盒等，藉此减少即弃物品的消耗，建立自携减废的校园文化。

香港科技大学（科大）今天推出「可持续发展智慧校园」计划(计划)，把校园化身成实验室，透过实践创新意念，推展学习，鼓励以智能方案解决现实生活中的挑战。

香港科技大学(科大)与红十字国际委员会(ICRC)今天首次举行公开领袖对谈，探讨科技为人道领域带来的机遇及挑战，以及亚洲青年在当中扮演的角色。今次乃ICRC主席彼得·毛雷尔先生首度于香港进行公开演说。他与科大校长史维教授就「人道外交新视野﹕新兴科技及亚洲青年的影响力」展开对谈，议题包括自动化武器的出现、新科技对人道工作的影响，以及亚洲青年如何随着亚洲崛起，对国际人道工作产生更大影响力。因研究国际关系而闻名中外的学者沈旭晖博士其后亦加入讨论，由科大人文社会科学学院院长蔡欣怡教授担任研讨会主持。

Two groups of students spent the past year building soil. The project not only produced compost for direct use on campus; it also involved the development of a composting method and innovative composter design.