The plan sets out in detail the various measures to tackle air pollution from power plants, land and sea transport, and non-road mobile machinery and to strengthen collaboration with Guangdong to deal with regional pollution.

The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN‐DESA) lucidly defines National Sustainable Development Strategy as “a coordinated, participatory and interactive process of thoughts and actions to achieve economic, environmental and social objectives in a balanced and integrated manner at the national and local levels”. It is intended to serve as a framework for integrating environmental considerations into future national development plans as well as for sectoral development programmes. The NSDS is also an important step and guiding document to fully implement in harmony and balance among the three main pillars of environment, economic and social sectors. It has identified the short, medium and long‐term goals for sustainable development. NSDS therefore is more comprehensive in incorporating environmental consideration into social and economic development than Agenda 21 to ensure the achievement of Sustainable Development. In particular, the Strategy deals with ) Sustainable energy production and consumption.

The Policy Address announces new measures to boost the economy, increase housing supply and harness the potential of Hong Kong people. The policy also points out a series of initiatives in poverty alleviation, elderly care, environmental protection, health care, education and youth development.

The 2016 Policy Address delivered by Chief Executive, C.Y. Leung today primarily focuses on innovation and technology, livelihood issues, such as housing, elderly care, poverty, support for the disadvantaged and environmental protection; economic and financial issues, namely the expansion of One Belt, One Road initiative and external trade relations.

The Policy Address upholds the vision of "Developing the Economy and Improving People's Livelihood", it is based on the Chief Executive's five-year term and addresses the challenges currently facing the city.

The document explains an overall sustainable development for Hong Kong, points out the challenges for Hong Kong's Sustainable Development, sets strategic objectives and sustainable development targets in the area of solid waste management, renewable energy and urban living environment.

This document provides the background to energy saving in Hong Kong and also where opportunities lie. We will strive to achieve an energy intensity reduction target for Hong Kong as a whole of 40% by 2025 using 2005 as the base. To achieve this, the community must contribute by changing their behaviour, as regulatory action alone is not enough. The proposed dialogue platform with stakeholders seeks to further expedite green building adoption in the private sector, which is critical to achieving this target. Indeed, only if the community can change its behaviour, can Hong Kong look forward to an even more ambitious outcome.

The main objective of the Myanmar Energy Sector Policy is to ensure energy security for the sustainable economic development in the country; and to provide affordable and reliable energy supply to all categories of consumers, especially to those living in the remote areas that are currently without electricity. The policy aims to achieve the Government’s overarching objective of poverty reduction and improvement in the quality of life of its people. The policy also aims to increase foreign exchange earnings through energy exports after meeting the national demand. The government will encourage deploying green technologies in a range of sectors including energy and enact policies for clean energy development for low carbon economy. Special emphasis is placed on community –based renewable energy development projects in the remote areas of the country to help expand the rural development program, and to provide livelihood opportunities to the rural poor. Provision of community-level energy infrastructure development activities, with special provisions for women participation, is also intended to help improve children education, health, clean water supply, and reduce exposure to indoor air pollution, as well as overall rural environmental improvement.

The Myanmar Energy Master Plan (EMP) prioritises the long term benefit of the country by ensuring sustainable energy sector development and conserving the environment sustainably. The planning process is also designed to ensure the integration of Global and ASEAN commitments in Myanmar Energy Master Plan. Therefore, we hope that Myanmar Energy Master Plan can provide the strategic supports and inspirations to the Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar in adopting national strategies for sustainable and reliable energy supply, ultimately complementing to United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals of 2015. It defines a long-term optimal fuel supply mix taking into account a country’s primary resource endowments. The EMP is guided by the principles of long-term cost effectiveness, environmental responsibility and security of energy supply.