International symposium and workshop on coastal and urban climate resilience

The 4^th International Symposium of Water Disaster Mitigation and Water Environment Regulation was successfully held from 29 November to 2 December 2024, with the 14^th South China Sea Tsunami Workshop as a special session. The four-day event, themed “Coastal and Urban Resilience under Climate Change”, was co-organised by PolyU, Sichuan University, Sun Yat-sen University, the Research Institute for Sustainable Urban Development (RISUD) and the Research Institute for Land and Space (RILS), with support from the International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering–Hong Kong Chapter (IAHR–HK Chapter), IAHR–China Chapter and relevant government departments of the Hong Kong SAR. It brought together 208 participants from 21 countries and regions to explore five key topics: extreme weather under climate change, water-related disasters, infrastructure resilience, hydro-environment and eco-hydraulics, and artificial intelligence (AI) and internet of things (IoT) applications.