Hong Kong Nature-based Solutions Week

Director, Civil Engineering and Development

Ir Michael Fong is currently the Director of Civil Engineering and Development, leading the department in advancing Hong Kong’s new town development and land supply projects, among which are the Northern Metropolis, which serves as a key driver for the social and economic growth of Hong Kong.

Over the past 30 years, Michael has held numerous positions in various work departments, as well as the Development Bureau. He is widely known in the construction industry as a determined champion of construction collaboration, safety, innovation technologies and urban-rural-nature integration.

Chief Development Strategist, Institute for the Environment, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Former Under Secretary for the Environment

She was Under Secretary for the Environment in the HKSAR Government (2012-17), Special Consultant to the Chief Executive on the mainland’s ecological civilization policy (2019-20), and a Member of the Hong Kong Legislative Council (1992-97 and 1998-20). She is currently a board member of Global Maritime Forum, New Forests Pty Ltd, and Towngas Smart Energy Company Limited, and is Asia Society’s Scholar in Residence (2023-24). She is also a Steering Committee member of the United Nations International Organization for Migration’s new Climate Mobility Innovation Lab. Loh has been active in public policy and politics since the 1980s. She founded and was the CEO of the non-profit think tank, Civic Exchange (2000-12), and helped to establish several non-profit organizations in Hong Kong related to the environment, equal opportunity, and arts and culture.

Director, Impact Programs, Columbia University Climate School and Adjunct Faculty

She specializes in urban climate adaptation planning and public infrastructure project design that is forward-looking and conscious of community-based and ecosystem resilience. At CRCL, she manages the Resilience Accelerator, which delivers strategic support, technical design and climate systems research, and intensive local workshops to advance resilience project design and implementation in partnership with local governments around the world.  Prior to joining CRCL, Johanna worked as a Senior Analyst and Program Manager at HR&A Advisors, where she scaled resilience capacity-building models, developed city- and district-wide climate adaptation plans, and supported the design and evaluation of transformational urban resilience infrastructure investments. As City Planner at the New York City Department of City Planning, she researched planning opportunities in post-industrial, waterfront communities impacted by Hurricane Sandy.

Global Managing Director of Climate, The Nature Conservancy

Clare has more than 30 years of global experience on climate change, energy and natural resource management. Her experience includes seven years at the International Institute of Environment and Development (IIED) leading the climate group and 15 years with the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) leading first Asia and then Africa Division’s climate change response. Clare has deep experience working with Least Developed Countries and has focused much of her career advancing priorities in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Clare received her BSc in environmental science and development studies from University of East Anglia and her MSc in forestry and its relation to land use from Oxford. As global managing director of climate at TNC, Clare leads the Climate team as it executes on TNC’s vision for achieving TNC’s 2030 climate goals. Clare is from the UK and speaks Nepali, Swahili and Spanish.

National Registered Urban Planner & Senior Landscape Architect;
Director-General, Eco-city Design Center | TURENSCAPE;
Deputy Director, NbS innovation center, CALA, Peking University

Dong Wang is a National Registered Urban Planner and Senior Landscape Architect, leading the Eco-city Design Center at TURENSCAPE and serving as Deputy Director of the NbS Innovation Center at Peking University. He specializes in sponge city design, ecological planning, and nature-based solutions, with a portfolio spanning over 100 projects across China, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Europe—including internationally acclaimed works such as Benjakitti Forest Park in Bangkok and Beijing’s Ecological Security Pattern Planning. His practice integrates research, policy input, and ecological design, and has been recognized with major awards including the ASLA Honor Award, WAF Landscape of the Year, and the UIA Award. He is a frequent speaker at international forums and contributes to Chinese ecological restoration standards and publications.