Hong Kong to host climate change forum for US and mainland China, focusing on San Francisco Bay Area and Greater Bay Area, underscoring city’s bridge-building role
- New China-California Bay-to-Bay forum will serve as platform for policy and research exchange between San Francisco’s Bay Area and China’s Greater Bay Area
- Move unveiled during event hosted by the Institute for Climate and Carbon Neutrality, where California Governor Gavin Newsom spoke during rare visit to city
Hong Kong will host a landmark climate change forum bringing together experts from the technology-driven bay areas of San Francisco and mainland China, underscoring the city’s role as a bridge for cooperation amid geopolitical tensions.
Announcing the launch of the annual platform at a conference on Monday attended by California Governor Gavin Newsom, Professor Peng Gong of the University of Hong Kong said the forum would help promote policy and research exchange on climate-related issues between the two economic powerhouses.
“The University of Hong Kong will be holding the annual China-California Bay-to-Bay climate forum in Hong Kong starting in 2024,” Peng, the vice-president and pro-vice-chancellor of academic development at HKU, said during the event.
“The forum will facilitate policy and research exchange between California’s San Francisco Bay Area and the Greater Bay Area of China.”
Gong said the climate gathering would help Hong Kong understand “how innovation and technology drive competition” and provide lessons to empower universities to advance research and apply practical solutions.
