Sustainable Development Matters is a multi-faceted platform, which encapsulates thoughtful and engaging features that highlight the efforts and achievements of the CUHK community in driving sustainability.
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CUHK strives to give effect, wherever possible, to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) endorsed by the United Nations. It does this through its research, teaching and knowledge transfer activities, and also through its institutional policies. This section of Sustainable Development Matters describes the recent efforts and achievements of the CUHK community in driving sustainable development.
End poverty in all its forms everywhere
End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture
Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages
Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all
Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all
Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy
Promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment and decent work for all
Build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation
Reduce inequality within and among countries
Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns
Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development
Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss
Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels
Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development
Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2025
CUHK was ranked 71st globally, maintaining its position in the top 100 universities for the third consecutive year, with remarkable performance in the following SDGs:
SDG 4: 28th globally
SDG 12: 27th globally
SDG 13: 26th globally
THE Impact Rankings assess worldwide universities’ performance against the SDGs.