If we’re still around in another six years, we should all be breathing much cleaner air. That’s if the assertions of Hong Kong’s secretary for the environment are anything to go by.
In an interview with Bloomberg yesterday, Wong Kam-sing said the city hopes to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by AT LEAST 50 percent from their 2005 levels by 2020.
And “How, exactly?” we hear you cry?
Wong says that Hong Kong’s big businesses, which consume around 40 percent of our power, will be offered incentives to reduce their use of energy and to construct more efficient buildings in the future. Rooftop solar systems are apparently also on the agenda.
But although we may be the ones breathing the bad air, compared to other countries, we’re not actually doing all that much polluting. According to data from the Hong Kong Economic & Trade Office, the city produced around six metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions per capita last year, compared to around 18 metric tons in Australia and the US.
China’s at 7.2 if you’re interested. We know you are.
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