Excellent speech by HK Environment Minister setting low-carbon vision

World Climate Summit - www.worldclimatesummit.com - Excellent speech by the Environment Minister of Hong Kong, Edward Yau, during the Clean Energy Forum in China with US Secretary of Commerce, Locke. Here are some key points:

• China announced her action agenda to reduce the country's carbon intensity by 40% to 45% from the 2005 level by 2020
• Hong Kong and the Mainland are taking steps to adopt a green growth strategy
• Hong Kong secured an agreement from Beijing for Hong Kong companies to take part in Clean Development Mechanism projects
• Hong Kong's electricity consumption stood at 44.6 billion kWh in 2008, ranking about 49th among the world economies
• nearly 100% of the municipal wastes generated in Hong Kong are landfilled
• Hong Kong will become the first Asian destination outside Japan where EVs will be supplied

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