Civic Exchange - Main Areas of Focus - Environment and Conservation

Environment and Conservation

Civic Exchange works closely with both local and international scientists and experts to provide the latest data about such environmental issues as air and water pollution, energy, climate change, and urban planning. In each of these topics, the think tank focuses mainly on the specific impacts on Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta region. Among the notable, groundbreaking research is its two-year air monitoring project between 2002-2003 and the Hedley Environmental Index, which, in 2008, was the first website in the world to quantify the monetary and public health costs of air pollution in real-time. Civic Exchange uses such publications and research to promote finding multi-disciplinary solutions that draw on the strengths of different sectors of society.

Because Hong Kong's decisions affect not only its people, but also Hong Kong's neighbours in the Pearl River Delta, Civic Exchange emphasises the process of stakeholder engagement to collect the opinions of as wide a spectrum of people as possible. One such cross-border issue that Civic Exchange works on is air pollution. On 10 January 2009, over 500 people attended a public dialogue conference hosted by Civic Exchange. “The Air We Breathe: A Public Health Dialogue,” was an event promoting discussion about air quality in Hong Kong and consisted of experts, government officials, and the general public. The aim was to hear what Hong Kong people had to say about air pollution and what changes they felt could be made.

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