Date: 13 November 2007 (Tuesday)
Venue: Foreign Correspondents' Club, Central, Hong Kong
Against the threatening reality of global climate change, the world is finally starting to take action to reduce emissions and to create a future using less energy and being less carbon intensive. Climate Change Business Forum, The Climate Group, World Wide Fund, Civic Exchange and Environmental Protection Department gathered to share and discuss what Hong Kong should be done to address climate change. The organizers recognize the urgency of climate change and call for Hong Kong's business leaders to make greater emission reductions. Click the links below to review the presentations.
- What Governments are doing globally (Dr Steve Howard, Chief Executive Officer, The Climate Group)
- Cities role in tackling climate change (Dr Christine Loh, Chief Executive Officer, Civic Exchange)
- China dealing with climate change: Five Year National Plan (Mr Liam Salter, Head of Climate Programme, World Wide Fund)
- What Hong Kong is doing (Mr Carlson Chan, Deputy Director, Environmental Protection Department, HKSAR Government)
- How businesses are responding to Climate Change (Ms Ciara Shannon, Project Director, Climate Change Business Forum, Business Environment Council)