Sustainable Development Goal 13
Climate Action
ENVR contribution
Work across the Division tagged to SDG 13. Each item carries at most three goals, with faculty confirming their own profile tags.
Research themes
- Air and Health
World-leading atmospheric science, exposure assessment and urban air-quality forecasting that inform policy from Hong Kong to the Greater Bay Area.
- Climate Adaptation and Resilience
Regional climate modelling, extreme weather, heat–health–planning links, and technologies that help infrastructure and communities adapt.
- Biodiversity & Nature-Based Solutions
HKUST’s Biodiversity and Nature-Based Solutions Hub connects ecology, policy and design — restoring ecosystems while building climate resilience.
- Circular Economy & Net Zero
From waste-to-resource technologies to sustainable finance and net-zero pathways for corporations and cities.
Programmes
- EVMT — BSc in Environmental Management and Technology
Flagship undergraduate offering
- EVSM — MSc in Environmental Science, Management and Sustainability
HKIQEP-accredited
- AES / ESPM — MPhil / PhD in AES and ESPM
Original interdisciplinary research
- SUST — Minor in Sustainability
Open to all HKUST undergraduates
Faculty
- Alexis K. H. Lau
Head & Chair Professor
- Fei Chen
Associate Head & Professor
- Jimmy C. H. Fung
Chair Professor
- Jianping Gan
Chair Professor
- Jianzhen Yu
Chair Professor
- Eun-Soon Im
Professor
- Xiaoming Shi
Associate Professor
- Zhe Wang
Associate Professor
- Benjamin Steuer
Assistant Professor
- Shi Chen
Assistant Professor
- Yuan Xu
Associate Professor
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