Watch your carbon footprint: Hong Kong’s getting hotter, as climate change makes its presence felt

Hong Kong saw its warmest year on record in 2019, which is also likely to be the second or third warmest globally, according to the Hong Kong Observatory and the World Meteorological Organisation.The decade ended with record heatwaves across the northern hemisphere, while Australia fought some of its worst wildfires in decades which have left at least 28 people dead and destroyed more than 2,000 homes in the state of New South Wales alone. Half a billion animals have been affected, with…