Dr. Patrick Yeung

Patrick Yeung is the Associate Director, Climate Action Platform of AVPN, working to build a social investor network to support climate actions and promote sustainable development. He obtained his PhD in marine biology from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2017, with professional field in ecological conservation. He joined the marine conservation team of WWF Hong Kong in 2014, to study on marine litter problems as well as coastal biodiversity through citizen science activities. He also led on identifying marine ecological hotspots as the basis for conservation and research works by facilitating expert groups. In 2019, he started working in Mainland China on marine and wetland habitat conservation, sustainable fisheries and ocean plastic. Besides, he actively built partnerships with NGOs, government authorities, research institutes, industry associations, and managed funding programs, to provide more innovative and in-depth sustainability solutions. He also supported international cooperation and policy advocacy on nature conservation and sustainable blue economy development.

My Sustainability Goals for 2024:

1. Support the development of biodiversity strategy action plan of Hong Kong to be an ambitious one which effectively conserve our marine biodiversity and sustainably manage the marine resources.

2. Introduce sustainable blue economy concept in Hong Kong, that evaluates the ecosystem service value of ocean and coastal ecosystem, take that into account when conducting marine spatial planning, and differentiate between sustainable and non-sustainable ocean economic activities.

3. Facilitate the joint ocean-climate agenda of government policy and corporate responsibility.