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13 Nov 2025

World leaders must act with conscience to prevent climate hell

Ten years have passed since the hopeful Paris Agreement was endorsed by almost 200 nations during the United Nations Climate Change Conference (Cop21) in Paris back in 2015. Will the Cop30 currently under way near the Amazon rainforest in Brazil bring us some good news?

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17 Sep 2025

The Green Earth’s Response to the Policy Address 2025

The Chief Executive, Mr John Lee, delivered his Policy Address 2025 on 17 September 2025. The environmental policies proposed largely follow existing measures and appear quite conservative in approach. Given the urgency of climate and environmental challenges, The Green Earth urges the authorities to adopt more proactive environmental strategies and to integrate sustainability concepts into economic and tourism development, thereby achieving the goals of high-quality and sustainable growth.

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10 Sep 2025

對2025-2026年度《施政報告》的聯合氣候政策建議

我們是十七個關注環境的組織，現聯署公開信表達有關2025-2026年度《施政報告》的政策建議，期望當局承諾更新氣候行動藍圖時，加入更進取、更具體的行動，以應對迫在眉睫的氣候危機，減輕其對香港環境、生態以至市民大眾的影響。我們促請政府在來年更新《氣候行動藍圖》時，採納我們的意見，制定更進取和具體的減排和適應政策，以履行全球控溫1.5度的責任，保障市民安全。

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05 Sep 2025

The Green Earth's policy recommendations for Policy Address 2025

As the government is currently consulting the public for the 2025 Policy Address, The Green Earth would like to submit our recommendations addressing the pressing environmental issues and promoting sustainable development in our city for your kind consideration.

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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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04 Aug 2025

強大的人工智慧能幫香港碳中和嗎？

自從ChatGPT在2022年11月30日橫空出世後，全世界對人工智慧（AI）的熱情就像打開了潘朵拉的盒子，一發不可收拾。如今，數以億計的人每天都在用聊天機器人做功課、查資料、寫程式，甚至創作圖像和影片。根據2025年的統計，全球每天活躍的AI用家已突破1.8億人，AI已經成為現代生活的「靈魂伴侶」。為了滿足這股AI熱潮，蘋果、Google、微軟等科技巨頭紛紛投下數千億美元建設數據中心。Meta和微軟甚至打算興建核電廠來支持AI的龐大電力需求。但問題來了：我們是不是一邊高呼著「碳中和」，一邊讓AI進入耗電的無底深淵，然後又無可奈何地把碳排放推到「天花板」？

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