Newsletter 2018.04.13

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NEWSLETTER 2018.04.13

NEW REPORT – STREET MANAGEMENT A Full House for Launch of “Managing Vibrant Str eets” More than 70 aendees, including a dozen members of the news media, ﬁlled a packed room on 11 April for the launch of “Managing Vibrant Streets.” Co-authors Carine Lai and Antonio Da Roza presented their ﬁndings, which called for the Government to improve its management of crowded pavements to control problems such as noise and overcrowding, while promong the city’s famously vibrant street life.

Civic Exchange Programme Director Michele Weldon moderated a lively discussion between the audience and a panel of experts, including Jennifer Walker Frisinger (Walk DVRC CEO), Christopher Law (Architect and Civic Exchange Walkability Expert) and Ada Wong (Make a Diﬀerence Instute Founder and Director). Civic Exchange's Chairman Evan Auyang and CEO Winnie Cheung also delivered remarks on the importance of walkability in the city.

The full report, plus addional bilingual materials, are available on the Civic Exchange website.

"Vibrant Streets" Press Coverage The Standard reported on the “Plea to Produce New Arrangements for Buskers”, while RTHK News focused on Civic Exchange's recommendaon to “Create a Commissioner to Manage HK Streets.” Researcher Carine Lai was also interviewed on RTHK's "Hong Kong Today” show. In Chinese, there were arcles in Ming Pao, Oriental Daily News, Apple Daily, Hong Kong Commercial Daily, am730 and HK01.

UPCOMING EVENT – GREEN FINANCE UPCOMING PROGRAMME – EXHIBITION "Catching the Wave" Hong Kong in "Transion" Can Hong Kong become a green ﬁnance hub? An event WMA, a WYNG Foundaon iniave, is holding a series by Civic Exchange, HKUST ENVR and the HKUST of programmes and side events alongside their WMA Business School on 17 April will feature Civic Exchange Masters and WMA Film exhibion, which runs 14-24 CEO Winnie Cheung and Vising Fellow Paula DiPerna, April at the Exhibion Gallery, Hong Kong Central Under Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury Library, Causeway Bay. There will be talks, tours and Joseph H. L. Chan, Alex Ng of BNP Paribas, plus Dr seminars about the photo and video works, under this Norman Cheung and Prof Entela Benz, both of HKUST. year’s theme, which is “Transion.” Photo: The "Wish" Henny Sender of the Financial Times will moderate. We series by Gong He / courtesy WMA. regret that the event is already oversubscribed. A video Full programme details >>> will be published soon.

UPCOMING EVENT – GREEN FINANCE MEDIA & EVENTS – VISITING FELLOW Natural Capital Protocol Lectures & Lunches in April “Connecng Finance and Natural Capital: Supplement Paula DiPerna wrote in a Harbour Times column about to the Natural Capital Protocol,” a free event on 23 the possibilies of green finance. A Chinese version of April at the Hong Kong Instute of Cerfied Public the arcle appeared in the Hong Kong Economic Times. Accountants, will provide financial instuons with She will speak at a number of events this month: standardised guidance on how to incorporate 16 April: “Green Jobs Maer: How and Why” at the environmental risks and opportunies into lending, Business Environment Council investment and insurance decision-making. A plenary 19 April: “Culture and Climate Change – The Inevitable introducon will be followed by a workshop-type Thread” at the Asia Society session. It is convened by the Natural Capital Coalion 25 April: “From Coral Reefs to Carbon Markets: A and the Natural Capital Finance Alliance, and Writer’s Adventure,” at the Foreign Correspondents’ supported by Civic Exchange and CDP. Club. Register here >>> Click here for event details >>>

UPCOMING EVENT – NATURE MEDIA COVERAGE – URBAN City Nature Challenge 2018 Concerns over Zhuhai Bridge Hong Kong will join more than 60 other cies to Civic Exchange Fellow Alok Jain weighed in on the compete in the City Nature Challenge from 27-30 April. debate over the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge. The event calls for cizen sciensts to submit photos of Speaking in a group discussion on RTHK’s “Backchat” plants, animals and fungi using the iNaturalist app. programme, he said that more informaon should be Civic Exchange is a supporng organisaon of the City provided to the Hong Kong public, in terms of car Nature Challenge, a US-based iniave which is going traﬃc and other issues, especially if the bridge is set to internaonal for the ﬁrst me this year. open this summer. Read more here >>> Listen here >>>