
Robert GIBSON
MA , Engineering Science and Economics; Oxford University
Adjunct Professor, Division of Environment and Sustainability
Tel: (852) 2358 8363
Fax: (852) 2335 9317
Email: rgibson@ust.hk
Office: Rm 4412(Lift 17/18)
Focal areas
- How to make capitalism more sustainable? Including the Global Reporting Initiative www.globalreporting.org and Integrated Reporting www.theiirc.org.
- Governance for mitigating greenhouse gas emissions and adapting to climate change. Attended UN Climate Conferences in Copenhagen (2009); Cancun (2010), Durban (2011), Doha (2012), Paris (2015), Marrakesh (2016), Bonn (2017 and Katowica (2018)
Professional qualifications
- Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England & Wales FCA (ICAEW)
- Member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants CPA (HKICPA)
Papers and presentation
- Response to IFRS Foundation’s consultation on setting up a Sustainability Standards Board (December 2020)
- ‘Hong Kong 2050 is now project’: Recommendations to the Hong Kong Government regarding the Council For Sustainable Development’s recommendations for Hong Kong targeting Net Zero emissions by 2050. (November 2020)
- ‘Hong Kong 2050 is now project’: Policy Recommendations for the HKSAR Chief Executive’s 2020 Policy Address (September 2020)
- ‘Hong Kong 2050 is now project’: Toward a better Hong Kong: Pathways to Net Zero Emissions by 2050. (June 2020)
- Report on Post COP25 Hong Kong forum (January 2020)
- Response to the Public Engagement on Hong Kong’s on a long-term decarbonisation strategy for Hong Kong (September 2019)
- Post COP24 HK Forum: Implications for Hong Kong’s long-term decarbonisation strategy (March 2019)
- The Future of the Paris Agreement: Event report on talk by Prof Daniel Bodansky; Arizona State University (May 2018)
- Green bonds – why all the excitement?: The climate change context for HSBC’s Credit Conference (June 2017)
- Integrated Reporting consultation (May 2017)
- Star Ferry Franchise consultation - air pollution issues (March 2017)
- Paris and Marrakesh: Where is the action on climate change going? (December 2016)
- Sustainable use of biological resources(October 2016)
- Lantau development (May 2016)
- KMB franchise (April 2016)
- Paper given to the HK Inst of Engineers Environmental Forum on minimising the cost of Hong Kong making an appropriate contribution to global GHG mitigation (April 2016)
- Electronic Road Pricing (March 2016)
- Keynote for Civic Exchange’s seminar on Hong Kong’s fuel mix for electricity generation (May 2014)
- Doha and the road to Paris (Jan 2013)
- Submission to the UNFCCC on ‘Achieving cost–effective greenhouse gas mitigation and climate change adaptation’ (Mar 2012)
- Common but Differentiated Responsibility at Rio+20 (April 2012) – Page 4
- What happened at COP17, Durban 2011? (Feb 2012)