BEC Climate & Nature Theatre
Future-Proofing Operations: Corporate Adaptation and Resilience
10 Sep (Thur) Day 1 : 17:05 – 17:55
Climate risks are becoming increasingly immediate for businesses, affecting assets, infrastructure, supply chains and day-to-day operations. As extreme weather intensifies and climate science improves, companies face growing pressure to understand where they are vulnerable and how quickly they need to act.
Bringing together perspectives from climate science, transport infrastructure, property and insurance, this discussion examines the latest drivers of corporate adaptation and resilience. How are companies translating climate risk into operational and investment decisions? What is pushing action faster? And what can businesses learn from those already adapting critical assets and systems to a changing climate?
Speakers
Prof. Chi Ming SHUN
Adjunct and Visiting Professor
Division of Environment and Sustainability, HKUST
Prof. Chi Ming SHUN
Division of Environment and Sustainability, HKUST
Adjunct and Visiting Professor
Prof SHUN Chi-ming graduated from the University of Hong Kong in Bachelor of Science, with major in Physics. He joined the Hong Kong Observatory in 1986. He received post-graduate training in radiological protection and meteorology in the United Kingdom in 1987-88. He specialized in aeronautical meteorology since the 1990s and led the development of the world-first LIDAR Windshear Alerting System for the Hong Kong International Airport. He was promoted to Director of the Hong Kong Observatory in 2011 and retired in 2020.
In the international arena, Prof Shun was President of the Commission for Aeronautical Meteorology of the UN World Meteorological Organization during 2010-2018, the first Asian elected to take up this high international position.
After retirement, Prof Shun has been active in popularization of science and meteorology, as a writer of books, columnist on climate change, and speaker for schools and professional bodies. In 2023, Prof Shun was appointed member of the Council for Carbon Neutrality and Sustainable Development, and he joined the Division of Environment and Sustainability of HKUST as Adjunct and Visiting Professor. In the same year, he obtained Master of Arts in Comparative and Public History from CUHK. In 2025, Prof Shun also joined The Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care of CUHK as Adjunct Professor.
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Meet our 2026 speakers:
Prof. Chi Ming SHUN
Adjunct and Visiting Professor
Division of Environment and Sustainability, HKUST
Prof. Fei Chen
Associate Head and Professor
Division of Environment and Sustainability, HKUST
Prof. Christine Loh
Chief Development Strategist, Institute for the Environment
Division of Environment and Sustainability, HKUST