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12 Aug 2025

Hong Kong chief executive can’t treat the environment like a side dish

Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu has been soliciting public views for his fourth policy address while stressing the importance of boosting the economy, innovative development and people's livelihoods. The recent black rainstorms remind us of the urgency of building climate resilience against extreme weather. Lee must give high priority to sustainability in order to strengthen our resilience to financial, environmental and social risks – the three key pillars of sustainable development.

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25 Feb 2025

這還算是生產者責任計劃嗎？— 談膠樽和紙包盒生產者責任計劃

政府最近表示將會就膠樽和紙包盒生產者責任計劃立法，期望年內完成立法。生產者責任計劃的細節繁瑣，令人難以快速掌握。不如回歸本質，從字面拆解其意義：生產者、責任、計劃。這看似簡單，實則不然，讓我為大家逐一說明。

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21 Feb 2025

想節能，政府能——淺談政府建築物的節能情況

（2025 年 2 月 21 日評論）近年氣候變化越來越來嚴重，按香港政府的資料，建築物佔全港用電量約90%，逾60%的碳排放來自建築物耗能相關的電力生產，因此建築物的節能工作是城市舒緩氣候變化的重要舉措。政府倡導節能多年，2022年的《施政報告》主動提出要以2018-19年作基準，在2024-25年度提升政府建築物的「整體能源表現」6%。「節能期」行將屆滿，到底節能情況為何？

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22 Jan 2025

How Hong Kong can cut wasteful spending and boost revenue

Reducing energy consumption and reclaiming plastic bag levy revenues are just some options available instead of cutting public services

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14 Jan 2025

漫談廢物處理的環境經濟學——回應謝局長的網誌

（2025 年 1 月 14 日評論）廢物處理一直是現代社會的重要環境議題。隨著城市化和人口增長，以及垃圾產量增加，涉及的環境成本也不斷增加，各地政府都在尋求更符合成本和環境效益的廢物管理措施。在這個背景下很多國家和地區都厲行源頭減廢和回收政策，積極避免焚化和堆填。

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25 Dec 2024

What Hong Kong’s 2023 waste data tells us, and what it doesn’t

(25 Dec 2024 SCMP) Hong Kong finally published last year’s waste statistics on December 19, nearly a month after Secretary for Environment and Ecology Tse Chin-wan shared some of the more positive developments in his blog on November 24. The good news of less waste generated is tempered by the lack of clarity on plastic waste statistics and officials’ mistaken faith in incineration as a solution.

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