HK's leading NGO on air pollution, the city's biggest public health crisis, killing 8 people a day.
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23 Aug 2022
Thank you everyone for coming HKUST Clean Air Challenge Awards Ceremony!
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23 Aug 2022
These include DIY Workshops, Online Tutorials and Experts’ Talks that inspire and educate students on the issue of air pollution, its consequences as well as ways to improve the situation. The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Hong Kong is the primary sponsor of the event.
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23 Aug 2022
Began in October 2021, The Clean Air Challenge invited secondary school students across Hong Kong to a myriad knowledge/skillset-transfer events/workshops organised by HKUST.
26 Jul 2022
Zero Emissions Mobility Consortium: CAN Collaborates with Industry to Formulate Policy Recommendations for E-bus Transition
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26 Jul 2022
4. Identify areas requiring cross-bureau policy coordination.
5. Define an appropriate funding model for commercial operators to support the implementation of the roadmap.
6. Make significant investments in achieving a quantified modal shift target to public transport.
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26 Jul 2022
1. Provide clarity on a time-specific zero-emission roadmap for road transport.
2. Expedite and enlarge scale of trials for both battery electric buses and hydrogen fuel cell buses.
3. Remove the regulatory barriers for technology development and adoption.
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26 Jul 2022
Six key action points were suggested to the HKSAR government:
26 Jul 2022
The white paper has been launched today, with an aim to seek opportunities to work with the government on this issue.
26 Jul 2022
we have made a great step forward – for the first time, CAN collaborated with franchised bus operators, power companies, and the academia to form the Zero Emissions Mobility Consortium (ZEMC) and work on an in-depth white paper outlining ZEMC’s policy recommendations.
30 Jun 2022
Going forward, CAN looks forward to making more contribution with other great minds. There is simply a lot to be achieved for making clean air a sustainable reality
in Hong Kong.
30 Jun 2022
4/Availability of scalable model that facilitate community-based mitigations to flourish
30 Jun 2022
3/Ability to retrofit urban design and transport planning to prioritise public transport-walk connectivity and de-prioritize from motor vehicles
30 Jun 2022
2/Compatibility to allow viable transition to zero emission transport (road and marine)
30 Jun 2022
1/Adaptability to liberate resources to address emerging or even unknown risks to support "what could be"(instead only on "what is")
30 Jun 2022
In order to achieve the goal of clean air, either measured by meeting the standard of World Health Organization or levelling the actual air quality level of other comparable
global cities, there are a couple key competencies to be built:
30 Jun 2022
After reviewing the past 5 or 25 years of how HK has been doing, key question remains - whether HK has developed the necessary capability to solve ongoing/emerging problems, including the air pollution that we concern.
13 Jun 2022
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13 Jun 2022
4/Thanks for all fathers and mothers, school teachers and principals, who came and shared your genuine views. Great work by the CAN team and partners to make this possible.