The Jockey Club Museum of Climate Change (MoCC), the territory's first public museum on climate change, celebrated its opening on 16 December. Ms. Christine Loh (2nd right), Under Secretary for the Environment, HKSAR Government; Dr. Rebecca Lee (2nd left), founder of the Polar Museum Foundation; Mr. Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges (1st left), Chief Executive Officer of the Hong Kong Jockey Club; and Prof. Joseph J.Y. Sung (1st right), CUHK Vice-Chancellor, officiated at the opening ceremony.
Located on the eighth floor of Yasumoto International Academic Park at CUHK, the MoCC showcases valuable specimens, pictures, interactive simulators and multimedia information on global warming and climate change to raise public awareness of the severe impact on individuals and the world. MoCC is open to the public and admission is free.