Jockey Club Museum of Climate Change Opening Ceremony

The Jockey Club Museum of Climate Change (MoCC), the territory's first public museum on climate change, celebrated its grand opening on December 16. Christine Loh, Under Secretary for the Environment; Dr Rebecca Lee, Founder of Polar Museum Foundation; Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges, Chief Executive Officer of the Hong Kong Jockey Club and Prof Joseph SUNG, Vice-Chancellor of CUHK officiated at the opening ceremony.

MoCC is one of the key initiatives of CUHK Jockey Club Initiative Gaia, a community engagement programme to promote environmental conservation and sustainability. The MoCC showcases valuable specimens, pictures, interactive simulators and multimedia information on global warming and climate change to arouse public awareness of the severe impact on individuals and the world.