During 4th-6th July, SocEnv took part in a conference with Chinese environmental professionals and local authorities from Wujin province near Shanghai. The Society's CEO, John Carstensen, was invited to the conference as a keynote speaker at the invitation of the Jia Cui Environment Centre, through a UN sponsored programme for sustainable urban living and low carbon economy. The province of Wujin, represented by the Mayor, also received the UN Habitats Annual Award for Sustainable Cities at a separate event.
SocEnv has noted the growth in new CEnv from China and Hong Kong, where a substantial number of CEnvs work and live and look forward to exploring ways to engage with this group of SocEnv registrants from several Licensed Bodies.
JCEP is also UNEP’s strategic partner in China, the executing organization of the ‘Sustainable Urban Development and Liveable Garden Community - China Programme’ in China, member of the United Nations Global Compact, and observer of the United Nations Climate Change Conference. JCEP, with its registered headquarter in Hong Kong and two secretariats in Beijing and Shenzhen, covers over 70 major cities in China by alliance networks.
Since its establishment, JCEP has been maintaining “Habitat, Environment and Development” as its theme and has been focusing on two major fields - city and community, and comprehensively promoting the green economic transformation and international communication and cooperation of Chinese cities and communities.
