Meta Data
Title in national language: 
香港氣候變化報告2015
Draft: 
No
Revision of previous policy?: 
No
Draft Year: 
2015
Effective Start Year: 
2015
Scope: 
National
Document Type: 
Government Report
Economic Sector: 
Energy, Power, Industry, Transport, Building, Multi-Sector
Energy Types: 
Coal, Oil, Power, Renewable, Bioenergy, Other
Issued by: 
Environment Bureau
Overall Summary: 
The report outlines the work and joint efforts of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Government and the key private-sector stakeholders in responding to climate change. It also provides an account of Hong Kong's climate change actions prior to the 2015 Paris Climate Change Conference (COP21) so that the public can have a more complete picture of Hong Kong's contributions to concerted global action.
Efficiency
EE priorities: 
Improving power plant and transmission energy efficiency.[...]continue to explore with the two power companies how to achieve higher plant efficiency.[...]with the proposed increasing use of natural gas for power generation in the future[...]
EE targets: 
[...]to reduce the city’s energy intensity from the 2005 level by 40% by 2025. ---[...]to achieve an additional saving of about 17,300 TJ (or equivalent to 4.8 billion kWh) when compared to the ‘business-as-usual’ (BAU)
EE action plans: 
Supply side efficiency could be further improved through co-generation and tri-generation. ---[...]to extend the lifespan of buildings.[...]saves a lot of materials and energy that in turn reduces carbon emissions that go into the production of building materials and use of energy[...] ---Buildings aged 30 years old or more may be served with a statutory notice, requiring the building to be inspected by a registered inspector, and carry out repair where necessary. ---Lower carbon living in public housing[...]to adopt LED bulkheads in the communal areas of domestic blocks in new public housing developments ---Enabling “smart” technology, [...] digital technology to enable data to be supplied from multiple converging points that allows people, data and processes to connect real-time that can result in higher performance. ‘Smart’ transportation leveraging on advanced ICT and Internet of Things (IoT) ---Improve power plant energy efficiency ---Promote private electric vehicles and expand charging facilities ---Promote biofuels use in government vehicles and non-road mobile machinery ---[E]nsure public transport remains the preferred choice. [...] we must continue to encourage the use of our multi-modal public transport service which are convenient, accessible, affordable and of good service quality. ---Expand rail options and services ---Improve rail operation energy efficiency ---Improve vehicle fuel efficiency ---[I]mprove system and operational efficiencies.[...] to aggressively priorities public transport for the vast majority of trips made; [...] Other complementary policies include instituting good traffic management and urban planning. ---[P]romote low and zero-carbon choices[...] improving walkability through pedestrian bridges and elevators/escalators[...]
EE labeling: 
[...]label and use low carbon construction materials and products
EE public awareness/promotional programmes: 
Integration of green building design and energy saving practices are encouraged. ---to foster a building care culture by owners and contributes to a sustainable living environment through extending the lives of existing buildings. ---Change property management’s and inhabitants’ behaviour based on energy demand monitoring and forecast ; ---Influence inhabitants to buy energy efficient electrical products ---Make public transport primary choice for mobility ---Expand rail options and services ---Improve rail operation energy efficiency ---Improve vehicle fuel efficiency ---Improve driving habits to save fuel ---[...]encouraging people to buy vehicles that are more energy efficient where fossil fuel has to be used, and to buy zero emissions vehicles where available. ---[P]romote better driving techniques[...] all drivers can be more fuel efficient. We will continue to promote eco-driving techniques from time to time and will collaborate with stakeholders, such as the Automobile Association and the relevant bodies associated with the commercial driving trades.
Renewable Energy
RE priorities: 
Promote use of Renewable Energy, such as solar power
RE action plans: 
Recover energy from sludge treatment ---Develop waste-to-energy treatment for organic[...]waste and municipal solid waste ---[...]promoting the use of biodiesel in government vehicles.
Environment
Energy environmental priorities: 
Measuring and continuously reducing energy-carbon footprint. [...] promoting carbon auditing, [...] adopting international energy management standards. ---lowering carbon intensity by 60-65% using 2005 as the base by 2030[...]
GHG emissions reduction targets: 
[...]supply side and demand side targets will help Hong Kong to reduce about 3.36 million tonnes of CO2 per annum by 2025.[...]take enormous on-going effort of the whole community to reduce Hong Kong’s carbon emission by 80% by 2050[...]equates to 32.8 million tonnes of CO2 per annum.
Pollution control action plans: 
Make public transport primary choice for mobility ---Expand rail options and services ---Improve rail operation energy efficiency ---Improve vehicle fuel efficiency ---Testing low-carbon and zero emissions franchised bus technologies ---[...]to have wider use of cleaner vehicles in Hong Kong (such as hybrid and electric technologies) with the following percentages – 15% buses (including franchised buses); 15% heavy goods vehicles; 15% light goods vehicles and 30% private cars.
Decarbonization strategy: 
[...]to revamp the fuel mix for local electricity generation by increasing natural gas and reducing coal by 2020, and our extensive energy saving measures will contribute the most to help meet Hong Kong carbon intensity reduction target, while other mitigation measures relating to transportation and waste-to-energy are also relevant. ---[...]using less coal in our local electricity generation, reducing electricity usage in buildings, making transport more energy efficient, and recovering (renewable) energy from waste.
Cooperation in env.: 
Participate and contribute to the on-going national and international dialogue on dealing with climate change.
Energy Supply and Infrastructure
Energy supply priorities: 
Revamping Electricity Fuel Mix, reduce coal usage, use cleaner fuels (e.g. natural gas) develop RE and distributed power. ---[...]to revamp the fuel mix for local electricity generation by increasing natural gas and reducing coal by 2020[...]
Energy mix: 
---natural gas usage would increase from 21% to around 50%, and for nuclear import from the Mainland to be around 25% by about 2020
Infrastructure development priorities: 
The development of rail, franchised bus and PLB(public light buses) services, and also park-and-ride facilities, need to be considered together to ensure people will continue to choose public transport as their preferred mobility option. ---[...]our railway's share in the public transport patronage is expected to rise from around 40% at present to between 45% and 50% by 2031. By then, 75% of Hong Kong’s population will have convenient access to rail as a means of daily transport.
Investment
Public Private Partnerships: 
We will need long-term collaboration among government and key stakeholders, such as the power and gas companies, transport services providers, building developers and owners, residents’ bodies, relevant professional bodies, trade associations (such as those supplying electrical and electronic products), educational institutions, and non-government organisations.
Governance
Energy management principles: 
Our goal is to arrive at arrangements that represent an appropriate balancing of the policy objectives of safety, reliability, affordability and environmental protection.
Technology
R&D energy efficiency: 
Enabling “smart” technology, [...] digital technology to enable data to be supplied from multiple converging points that allows people, data and processes to connect real-time that can result in higher performance. ‘Smart’ transportation leveraging on advanced ICT and Internet of Things (IoT) ---Research, [...] low carbon construction materials and products