【COP31 Spotlight】Day 1 Side Event (9 November): Youth Empowerment · Net Zero Action · Global Certification
【💡COP31焦點快報】賦能青年 · 淨零行動 · 全球認證
At the China Pavilion, Professor Karen Cheung joined the Side Event “Cross-sector Collaboration for Climate Action” as a keynote speaker on November 9, the first day of COP31 in Türkiye.
As the Director of HiESD, President of UNESCO Hong Kong Association and President of WISDP, her speech connected three critical threads: youth agency, practical net-zero pathways, and the need for shared professional standards.
On the professional level, HiESD’s Sustainable Development Planning curriculum system has entered its 10th year. Starting as a UNDESA project, it has made substantial progress. The ecosystem from SDP training to WISDP’s Certified Sustainable Development Planner (CSDP®) and Certified Sustainable Development Corporation (CSDC®/RSDC®) provides a common language and competency framework that help organisations and professionals turn climate ambition into measurable implementation.
She also shared UNESCO Hong Kong’s progress in developing the “Hong Kong Green School Quality Standard” and becoming a UNESCO GEP accreditation organisation.
Our experience is a strong testimonial that when education, professional certification and youth engagement move together, the gap between commitment and action narrows. 11月9日，COP31開幕首日，張沁教授於中國角邊會「跨界聚力·氣候同行」擔任主題演講嘉賓。 作為香港可持續發展教育學院（HiESD）院長、香港聯合國教科文組織協會（UHKA）會長及全球可持續發展規劃師學會（WISDP）會長，她的演講連結三條關鍵主線：賦能青年、碳中和行動，以及建立專業標準的重要性。 在專業層面，HiESD的可持續發展規劃（SDP）課程體系已建立十年。該體系以UNDESA項目為國際背景起步，在各界支持下積極推進。從SDP培訓到WISDP可持續發展規劃師認證（CSDP®）及可持續發展企業認證（CSDC®/RSDC®）的生態體系，為企業與專業人士提供共通的標準與能力框架，協助把氣候雄心轉化為可衡量的實施成果。 她亦分享香港聯合國教科文組織協會在制定《香港綠色學校質量標準》及成為聯合國教科文組織綠色教育夥伴關係（GEP）認證機構方面的進展。 我們的經驗展現了教育、專業認證與青年參與同步推進下，承諾便能夠加速轉化為行動。