Hong Kong 2050 decarbonisation plan to heed UN call for action, but environmentalists say only ‘radical and systemic change’ will do

A new, long-term Hong Kong decarbonisation strategy for up to 2050 will incorporate the latest findings from United Nations climate scientists, city environment officials have said. A special report released by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on Sunday night said “rapid and far-reaching” changes were needed to keep the global temperature rise below 1.5 degrees Celsius from pre-industrial times. Measures would have to include reducing man-made carbon emissions...