MIECF to see four symposia this year

This year’s ecological expo will see four symposia among a series of other events, the government has announced.

Held annually as the city’s main environmental protection business event, the Macao International Environmental Cooperation Forum & Exhibition (MIECF) will be held between Aug. 17 and 20 this year, with four symposia spanning the four days of the event.

On Aug. 18, there will be a symposium on the innovative handling of air pollution, solid waste and wastewater. The organizer said the management of these sources of pollution is a key step in reaching ecological civilization and sustainable development.

Part of the symposium will be reserved for the discussions of available technologies and their applications in the areas of air pollution, solid waste and wastewater management, with a focus on multifaceted environmental management and sustainable plans.

The symposium will see speakers of status present to share their insights and opinions. These speakers include area experts from Hong Kong, mainland China and Malaysia.

Held at the CotaiExpo, this year’s MIECF will be themed around Building an Ecological Civilization through Innovative Initiatives. It will also see the debut of a concept that encourages individuals to take steps in carbon reduction. To facilitate this, a mobile app was written to help participants record their carbon emissions and footprints. This will be introduced in the hopes of meeting the national targets of the carbon summit and neutralization.

A model was constructed by the Hong Kong City University under the commission by the Macau Fair & Trade Association to be used at this year’s MIECF to achieve carbon neutralization. According to the organizer, this is the first instance of the achievement in Macau. It was also introduced to encourage local enterprises to strive for reduced carbon emissions and eventually carbon neutralization.