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BackgroundCCIL sent out a representative to attended the 2018 Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP24), Katowice, Poland, in December 2018. CCIL hopes to comprehend the contentious topics of climate change and take part in international climate negotiations. Besides, we met with government delegates and business leaders as well as representatives from indigenous communities and small islands who are most affected by climate change. We aspire to motivate international leaders and Hong Kong government to take more ambitious and firm climate action.
The Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, known as COP, is the decision-making body responsible for monitoring and reviewing the implementation of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. It brings together the 197 nations and territories, which called parties, that have signed on to the Framework Convention. The COP has met annually since 1995. COP 21, held in Paris, France, in December 2015, was historic in its outcome – Paris Agreement, as the first-ever legally binding international climate agreement.
Youth Delegates
Alissa Tung |
Dr. Alissa Tung is the Programme Director of CarbonCare InnoLab. She has extensive experience in community engagement and corporate engagement in the NGO sector. Alissa received a PhD in Material Science from Monash University, Australia, after graduating from Fashion Technology at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Her research focus was on developing functional Self-Cleaning Textiles addressing pollution to the environment. She authored more than 10 peer-reviewed papers and book. Before devoting herself into fighting for climate justice, she was an experienced event planner. |
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Thea Cheung |
Thea is concerned about humanity’s impact on the planet and committed to living in harmony with nature. She is currently studying an environmental master’s degree at Imperial College London, focusing on sustainable business and finance. |
Alissa Tung
Dr. Alissa Tung is the Programme Director of CarbonCare InnoLab. She has extensive experience in community engagement and corporate engagement in the NGO sector. Alissa received a PhD in Material Science from Monash University, Australia, after graduating from Fashion Technology at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Her research focus was on developing functional Self-Cleaning Textiles addressing pollution to the environment. She authored more than 10 peer-reviewed papers and book. Before devoting herself into fighting for climate justice, she was an experienced event planner.
Thea Cheung
Thea is concerned about humanity’s impact on the planet and committed to living in harmony with nature. She is currently studying an environmental master’s degree at Imperial College London, focusing on sustainable business and finance.
CCIL Delagates
John Sayer |
Mr. John Sayer has a background in sustainability issues and human development, climate change advocacy, organizational management and governance policy. John was Executive Director of Asia Monitor Resource Centre working on information technology, labour rights and workplace health and safety before joining Oxfam Hong Kong in 1991 as Program Director and then Executive Director. In 2001 he moved to Oxford to take up the post of Executive Director of Oxfam International for an interim period. In 2003 he became Director of Africa Now, a development agency working on market-based solutions for small-scale producers in Africa through business development services, and the promotion of ethical trade among international companies doing business in Africa. In 2006, he returned to Asia and re-joined Oxfam Hong Kong as Director General until 2013. In January 2014, he joined the VSO as Director of its Asia Pacific Group, working to reduce poverty through programmes involving volunteers and international exchange. His published research has focused on business-NGO relations. He has served on the Board of the Ethical Trading Initiative helping major corporations develop socially responsible supply chains, particularly in the garment and food sectors. He has also served on the advisory body of the UN Global Compact on corporate conduct and is currently a member of the Global Reporting Initiative Stakeholder Council and a member of the Council's Capital Markets Discussion Group. |
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Maria Francesch-Huidobro |
Maria Francesch-Huidobro is a adjunct professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, focusing urban sustainability and public policy & administration. A senior environmental sustainability and CSR professional with a unique combination of experience which includes over a decade as an Executive Director of an NGO in Hong Kong, policy experience in the Hong Kong legislature combined with a decade of Asian sustainability projects and research backed up with an impressive multidisciplinary academic background covering microbiology, politics & policy, environment and sustainability. |
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John Sayer
Research Director
Mr. John Sayer has a background in sustainability issues and human development, climate change advocacy, organizational management and governance policy. John was Executive Director of Asia Monitor Resource Centre working on information technology, labour rights and workplace health and safety before joining Oxfam Hong Kong in 1991 as Program Director and then Executive Director. In 2001 he moved to Oxford to take up the post of Executive Director of Oxfam International for an interim period. In 2003 he became Director of Africa Now, a development agency working on market-based solutions for small-scale producers in Africa through business development services, and the promotion of ethical trade among international companies doing business in Africa. In 2006, he returned to Asia and re-joined Oxfam Hong Kong as Director General until 2013. In January 2014, he joined the VSO as Director of its Asia Pacific Group, working to reduce poverty through programmes involving volunteers and international exchange. His published research has focused on business-NGO relations. He has served on the Board of the Ethical Trading Initiative helping major corporations develop socially responsible supply chains, particularly in the garment and food sectors. He has also served on the advisory body of the UN Global Compact on corporate conduct and is currently a member of the Global Reporting Initiative Stakeholder Council and a member of the Council's Capital Markets Discussion Group.
Maria Francesch-Huidobro
Researcher
Maria Francesch-Huidobro is a adjunct professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, focusing urban sustainability and public policy & administration. A senior environmental sustainability and CSR professional with a unique combination of experience which includes over a decade as an Executive Director of an NGO in Hong Kong, policy experience in the Hong Kong legislature combined with a decade of Asian sustainability projects and research backed up with an impressive multidisciplinary academic background covering microbiology, politics & policy, environment and sustainability.
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