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The Environment

Public Education and Engagement

The Observatory promotes awareness of hazardous weather and the impacts of climate change and radiation. A special series of short videos on typhoon-related hazards, urging the public to take precautions, was broadcast before Mangkhut battered Hong Kong in September.

The Observatory conducts school talks on climate change and publishes articles and research findings about global climate on its website. During the year, it worked with the Ho Koon centre to produce a curriculum-based climate change education package for secondary schools. It also organised a photo and video exhibition, 'Cloud-sourcing: In Touch with Weather from Land, Sea and Air, at the airport jointly with the Airport Authority Hong Kong.

Volunteers from 'Friends of the Observatory, with more than 13,000 members, support the public education events, including by conducting public tours at the Observatory headquarters.

Government Laboratory

The Government Laboratory supports the enforcement of environmental protection legislation and implementation of environmental programmes by providing analytical and advisory services. It conducts tests on environmental samples to furnish these programmes with the necessary data. The laboratory also offers analytical services for chemicals regulated under the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants.

Websites

Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department: www.afcd.gov.hk Civil Engineering and Development Department: www.cedd.gov.hk

Climate Action Plan 2030+: www.climateready.gov.hk

Council for Sustainable Development: www.enb.gov.hk/en/susdev/council/index.htm Electrical and Mechanical Services Department: www.emsd.gov.hk

Environment Bureau: www.enb.gov.hk

Environmental Protection Department: www.epd.gov.hk

Harbour Area Treatment Scheme: www.cleanharbour.gov.hk

Hong Kong Observatory: www.hko.gov.hk and www.weather.gov.hk Hong Kong Observatory Cool Met Stuff channel: url.hko.hk/cms

MyObservatory application: www.weather.gov.hk/myobservatory_e.htm MyWorldWeather application: worldweather.wmo.int/en/apps.html 'Science in the Public Service' campaign: www.science.gov.hk World Weather Information Service: worldweather.wmo.int

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