An international conference on climate change will be held in
Hong Kong from May 29 to 31, an event that is expected to bring
together experts and government officials from 26 countries and
regions.
The conference, dubbed International Conference on Climate
Change 2007 (ICCC 2007), is aimed at providing a platform to
explore the scientific, technical and socio-economic issues
relevant to the understanding of human induced climate change, said
Ir Otto Poon, chairman of the meeting's organizing committee, at a
press conference in Hong Kong Tuesday.
The meeting will also assess the potential impacts of climate
change, propose mitigation and adaptation measures, and to develop
strategies to implement these measures, he said.
At the end of the conference, there will be a plenary panel
discussion summarizing the issues and come up with a paper "Call
for Actions" for governments, businesses, civil societies,
communities and individuals, he said.
The Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change will also present
its work on the "Fourth Assessment Report" in a special session at
the conference on May 30, he said.
"We are composing a song dedicated to the ICCC. It will be sung
at the opening ceremony, and if approved at the closing session, it
will be the Song of ICCC for further conferences," he said.
Poon said that he hoped ICCC 2007 will be the first of a series
of ICCCs which will be held in rotation in a different country or
region on a regular basis.
The ICCC is a bottom-up, non-governmental initiative organized
by a consortium of engineering and environmental professional
institutions, including the Chartered Institution of Water and
Environmental Management Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Institute of
Engineers.
(Xinhua News Agency February 28, 2007)
