CUHK joins UNEP’s Nature Positive Universities Alliance
Joining the Nature Positive Universities Alliance aligns with the goals of CUHK Strategic Plan 2021–2025.
CUHK has joined the Nature Positive Universities Alliance as a founding university. The alliance was announced at the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15) in December 2022 by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the University of Oxford, as part of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. CUHK and over 110 universities from more than 45 countries, including the University of Cambridge, University of California and University of Sydney, have taken an official pledge and begun assessing their environmental impact, in order to take tailored action to restore ecosystems and biodiversity, and achieve sustainable development.
Joining the alliance is one of the University’s commitments to sustainable development, aligning with the goals of CUHK Strategic Plan 2021–2025. CUHK was also the first university in Hong Kong to set a target to go carbon neutral by 2038. This commitment is underpinned by the University’s responsible culture, which translates into actions to significantly lower its carbon and ecological footprints, such as promoting electric vehicles and implementing the Green Office Programme and the Energy Conservation Incentive Scheme.
CUHK prioritises nature when tackling its own supply chains and operational impact, and continues to influence the wider community by promoting environmental awareness through its outreach programmes.
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