To raise awareness of the citizen on “coastal protection” and “low-carbon living” and educate the public on carbon neutrality knowledge and carbon reduction through talks, workshops, coastal clean-up activities, guided tours, film shows, exhibitions, fests, recycling activities and carnivals.

To provide food waste smart recycling bins to eligible large-scale private residential estates, including installation and related maintenance services for a period of two years.

To pilot a sustainable school food programme with 10 selected local schools in collaboration with school food caterers to introduce and promote the adoption of sustainable, low-carbon school meals at selected schools, including a one-day Sustainable School and Food Behaviour Change Summit.

The former Wan Chai Environmental Resource Centre has been transformed into the “kNOw Carbon House” after renovation and is ready to meet the public. With the theme of carbon neutrality, the new “kNOw Carbon House” aims to raise public awareness on the subject through a wide variety of interactive experience and educational activities, including interactive games, talks, environmental workshops, etc. Apart from honouring the original architecture and keeping items with historic value from the Old Wan Chai Post Office, the new “kNOw Carbon House” also provides multimedia educational materials to make your visits more delightful. The well-known mascot “Big Waster” is also there to introduce to all of us how we can lead a low-carbon lifestyle by making small changes in our daily habits in respect of clothing, food, living and travel. Members of the public and groups can book the guided tour service and workshop activities through the online system.

Application for the first quarterly “Low Carbon Lifestyle Poster Design Contest” with “Clothing” as its theme was ended on 12 February 2025. The list of awardees will be announced on the kNOw Carbon House website in Q1 2025.

To provide free waste separation bins for residential, commercial and industrial buildings, and schools with the aim of improving the waste separation facilities and expanding the range of recyclables to be recovered in these buildings. The programme assists property management companies and schools in implementing effective waste sorting and recycling models, thereby increasing the recycling rates in these buildings. Participating buildings will be required to schedule regular waste collection for recycling purposes, either through contracted cleaning companies or recyclers.

The International Universities Climate Alliance (IUCA) is organizing the Climate and Health Dialogue as part of the Global Thematic Dialogue Series. Recognizing the need for urgent action, the World Health Organisation’s response to climate change is centred around three objectives: to promote actions that both reduce carbon emissions and improve health; to build better, more climate-resilient and environmentally sustainable health systems; and to protect health from the wide range of impacts of climate change.

The HKGBC launched the Zero-Carbon-Ready Building Certification Scheme in order to provide building owners with a benchmarking scheme to gauge the energy performance of their buildings together with a target setting tool that can facilitate them to set their targets to align with international carbon neutrality targets. In 2024 the HKGBC also launched the Net Zero Energy Building Certification to recognise projects achieved the net zero energy goal.

To raise awareness of the citizen on “coastal protection” and “low-carbon living” and educate the public on carbon neutrality knowledge and carbon reduction through talks, workshops, coastal clean-up activities, guided tours, film shows, exhibitions, fests, recycling activities and carnivals.

To raise awareness of the citizen on “coastal protection” and “low-carbon living” and educate the public on carbon neutrality knowledge and carbon reduction through talks, workshops, coastal clean-up activities, guided tours, film shows, exhibitions, fests, recycling activities and carnivals.

To educate the participants in using the smart food waste recycling bins actively and correctly and reducing food waste at the source to achieve carbon neutrality through promoting food waste recycling.