HKU: Marine Biodiversity and Conservation of Hong Kong: Past, Present and Future on 5 Oct 2013

Public Lecture: Marine Biodiversity and Conservation of Hong Kong: Past, Present and Future Date:October 5, 2013 Time:10:30 am - 12:30 pm Venue:Rayson Huang Theatre, Main Campus, HKU Medium:English Admission:Free Speakers:Professor Brian Morton, Professor Emeritus of Marine Ecology, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong About the SpeakerProfessor Brian Morton is a world-renowned professor specialising in marine...

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Events: APEC Climate Symposium 2013 organized by APEC Climate Center in Jakarta, Indonesia from 11-13 Nov 2013

APEC Climate Symposium 2013 The APEC Climate Symposium (APCS) is an annual event, held since 2005, that brings together around 100 scientists, representatives of National Hydrological and Meteorological Services, academics, policy-makers and students from around the world to discuss emerging issues in climate prediction and its applications. This year’s APEC Climate Symposium will be held in Jakarta, Indonesia from November 11 -– 13. The theme...

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Events: First International Conference on Global Food Security 29 Sep - 2 Oct 2013

Event First International Conference on Global Food Security The First International Conference on Global Food Security aims to explore the economic, social, biophysical, technological and institutional drivers of current and future global food security. The topics list includes, inter alia: enabling trade and market policies for local and global food security; sustainable intensification of food production systems; novel ways of feeding...

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Events: International Symposium on Sustainable Cities: Empowering Local Governments through Capacity Building organized by UNOSD on 26-28 Sep 2013

Event International Symposium on Sustainable Cities: Empowering Local Governments through Capacity Building The UN Office for Sustainable Development (UNOSD) will host this international symposium to strengthen dissemination and sharing of good practices and lessons learned on fostering sustainable cities, in recognition of the role of cities in protecting the environment, improving disaster risk reduction (DRR) and resilience and reducing...

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Events: GREENHOUSE 2013: The Science of Climate Change organized by Australian and New Zealand on 8-11 Oct 2013

Adelaide Convention CentreTuesday 8th – Friday 11th October, 2013GREENHOUSE 2013: A joint Australian - New Zealand eventThe latest in climate change science, communication and policy from leading presenters from Australia and around the world.GREENHOUSE 2013 will feature briefings on the contents of the IPCC 5th Assessment Report. The Working Group 1 (science) Summary for Policymakers will be released shortly before our conference.TOPICS WILL...

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Events: “Challenges and Solutions to Plastic Recycling in Hong Kong” organized by FoE (HK) on 25 Jul 2013

活動名稱:塑膠回收討論會 開始日期:2013/07/25開始時間:18:30 結束日期:2013/07/25結束時間:20:00 地點:Friends of the Earth (HK) Office 近日，有關廢物棄罝之問題在社會引起激烈討論，有見及此，地球之友將 於2013年7月25日下午6時30分於本會會址就有關塑膠回收及廢物議題進行討論。 當日討論議程如下： 6:30 pm    背景簡介 6:45 pm    塑膠回收所面對的挑戰 (講者：楠豐國際有限公司林贇睿小姐) 7:30 pm    討論/問答環節 8:00 pm    討論會結束 (**討論會將以英語進行) 地址：香港北角屈臣道2號海景大廈A座13樓1301-02室 有與趣參加的朋友請電郵至foehk@foe.org.hk留位；名額有限，先到先得。 是次活動主要是提供一個平台予地球之友的會員、員工及其他有興趣人仕進行討論，並了解更多有關廢物管理相關的議題；活動講者所提供的資料並不代表香港地球之友的立場。請自備水杯或水瓶以享用我們提供的熱茶或熱水。 香港地球之友 *有關討論會及講者的詳細資料，請參閱電郵下半部份...

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South Korean Updates: Seoul to raise minimum fuel efficiency standard for cars from 2020 (15 Jul 2013)

Seoul to raise minimum fuel efficiency standard for cars from 2020 July 15, 2013Yonhap News Agency SEOUL, July 15 (Yonhap) -- The government is moving to further toughen minimum fuel efficiency standards for automobiles, officials said Monday, in an effort to cut down the country's energy consumption and also reduce greenhouse gas emissions.According to officials from the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, the government is moving...

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South Korean Updates: Seoul to ban production, imports of incandescent lighting from next year (16 Jul 2013)

Seoul to ban production, imports of incandescent lighting from next year July 16, 2013 Yonhap News Agency SEJONG, July 16 (Yonhap) -- Thomas Edison's greatest invention, incandescent lighting, will begin to die out, at least in South Korea, following a production ban set to be implemented next year, the government said Tuesday. Starting from Jan. 1, 2014, imports of incandescent light bulbs, which have been labeled low-efficient,...

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Vietnamese Updates: National Assessment Report on Coastal Erosion completes (18 Jul 2013)

National Assessment Report on Coastal Erosion completes Thứ năm, ngày 18 tháng 07 năm 2013 cập nhật lúc 23:37 Vietnam is one of the frequent disaster- affectedcountries. Coastal erosion is a constant threat toVietnam and is getting more serious as a consequence of storms and rising sea levels caused by climate change.  A series of projects and programs have been implemented to deal with coastal erosion. On July...

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Vietnamese Updates: VAST NANO Technology - solution for treatment of arsenic in water (10 Jul 2013)

VAST NANO Technology - solution for treatment of arsenic in water  Thứ tư, ngày 10 tháng 07 năm 2013 cập nhật lúc 04:02 Arsenic contamination in ground water is increasing; recently, scientists in the Inorganic Chemistry Department- Institute forChemistry Studies have studied and applied Nano VAST technology for treatment of arsenic and mental in water. This is considered...

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Chinese Updates: Recycling the answer to China's junk dilemma (20 Jul 2013)

Recycling the answer to China's junk dilemma Xinhua, July 20, 2013 Experts on Friday called on the government and public to reduce, reuse and recycle as much waste as possible as official data showed more than one-third of the country's cities are besieged by garbage. Official data show more than one-third of the country's cities are besieged by garbage. [File photo] Only about 5 percent of about 1 billion tonnes of construction waste...

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Malaysian Updates: 80% of rainforests in Malaysian Borneo logged (17 Jul 2013)

80% of rainforests in Malaysian Borneo logged Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.comJuly 17, 2013 Bulldozer at a conventional logging site in Borneo80 percent of the rainforests in Malaysian Borneo have been heavily impacted by logging, finds a comprehensive study that offers the first assessment of the spread of industrial logging and logging roads across areas that were considered some of Earth's wildest lands less than 30 years ago.The...

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