Greenhouse gas emissions in Hong Kong : sources, mitigations, and prospects

Toward a low carbon Hong Kong: A proposal from the institutional perspective

“…CO 2 emissions have escalated from 33,300 kilotonnes in 1999 to 42,000 kilotonnes in 2008, increasing by 26.13% during this period. The Kyoto Protocol 1997 has established a target to reduce GHG emissions by at least 5% below the 1990 levels during the period between 2008 and 2012 (Lam, 2007). A total of 35 countries and the European Community (EC) were committed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions below the levels specified in the treaty.…”