Sharing the sensitivity and responses of weather warnings among Hong Kong community at the 5th Conference on East Asia and Western Pacific Meteorology and Climate Change - CCOUC - Collaborating Centre for Oxford University and CUHK for Disaster and Medical Humanitarian Response

Sharing the sensitivity and responses of weather warnings among Hong Kong community at the 5th Conference on East Asia and Western Pacific Meteorology and Climate

Prof. Emily Chan and Dr. Calvin Cheng, Centre Director and Project Manager of CCOUC, attended the 5th Conference on East Asia and Western Pacific Meteorology and Climate organized by the Hong Kong Meteorological Society on 2-4 Nov 2013 at the HKUST.

Dr. Calvin Cheng shared the findings of a recent study titled “Socio-demographic predictors for sensitivity and behavior modifications towards public temperature warning in urban Chinese community” in the “Global development on climate change research and adaption” session on 3 Nov 2013. The finding suggested that the vast majority of people in Hong Kong were aware of the “Very Hot Weather Warning” by Hong Kong Observatory, but very few of them reported responding to the warning or changing their behavior to mitigate the effect of hot weather. Public health policies and programs may target existing gaps in risk perception, knowledge, and behavior, as well as weather-related preparedness planning among Hong Kong community.