Bulletin No. 2, 2015

Children’s Issues Forum The Third Children’s Issues Forum was held on 13 and 14 November. Organized collaboratively between the Faculties of Law of both CUHK and HKU, the Law Society of Hong Kong, the Family Law Association, and with the support of the Hong Kong Bar Association, the forum brought together members of the local and overseas judiciary and legal profession, government officials from Hong Kong and overseas, health care and child protection professionals, and community and non-profit organizations to consider important issues relating to the welfare, well- being and safety of Hong Kong children. The Hon. Chief Justice Geoffrey Ma Tao-Li (3rd right) , GBM, Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal, was invited to deliver a keynote speech. Afforestation Only a Short-term Solution to Global Warming Inez Fung, Professor of Atmospheric Science at UC Berkeley, visited CUHK as distinguished visiting scholar of United College on 20 October and delivered a talk entitled ‘Plants, Water and Climate’. Professor Fung stated that afforestation could only serve as a short-term solution to global warming. It can also cause different outcome s if tree s are p l a n t e d a t d i f f e r e n t areas of the planet and is only effective where there is abundant water. However, according to her research findings, one- third of the planet’s large groundwater basins are currently ‘in distress’. INTELLECTUAL CROSS-CURRENTS 48 Chinese University Bulletin No. 2, 2015