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MAJOR COLLABORATIONS & STRATEGIC PLATFORMS

Cross-Faculty & Joint Laboratories

Faculty of Science Collaborations

Anchored by Prof. Peng Gong’s joint appointment, driving the HK$30M Strategic Topics Grant on power-sector decarbonisation and research in remote-sensing intelligent mapping.

HKU–CAS Joint Laboratory for iEarth and Sustainability

Established under the CAS-Croucher Funding Scheme to operationalise the iEarth framework for UN SDG monitoring (HK$3M funding, plus RAISe+).

Joint Lab on Future Cities (JLFC)

Interdisciplinary platform linking Civil Engineering, Electrical & Electronic Engineering, and Geography.

HKU Urban Systems Institute (USI) & ICCDS

Hubs for urban life, society, sustainability research, and China Development Studies.

HKU Institute for Climate and Carbon Neutrality (ICCN)

Co-organiser of the annual Hong Kong Climate Forum.

Cross-Faculty & Joint Laboratories

Global Health & Climate

Harvard, MIT & WHO

Engagement anchored by Prof. Peng Gong’s co-chairing of the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change, alongside active roles in the Earth Commission and Future Earth.

Data & Earth Systems

ETH Zürich & CBAS

Direct research bridges on land–carbon-cycle research (ETH Zürich) and collaboration on the iEarth framework and SDG monitoring (CBAS, Beijing).

Urban & Tech

NUS, NTU & SNU

Active co-authorship across Asia in geospatial AI, cross-city transport, ageing-in-place comparative research, and health geography.

Government, Industry, and Community Engagement

HKSAR Government

Advisory roles across the Development Bureau (Urban Forestry, Harbourfront Commission), Environmental Protection Department (Air Quality), Education Bureau (HKDSE Geography), and Environment and Ecology Bureau.

Mainland & International Agencies

Policy advisory connections with China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment, National Forestry & Grassland Administration, and the Japan Meteorological Agency.

Industry Partners

ESRI sponsorship of the C.P. Lo Lab of GIS; major energy utilities co-investing in power-sector decarbonisation research.

Community

The Community Weather Information Network (Co-WIN) technical partnership with the Hong Kong Observatory, engaging over 100 schools and 15 communities.