Hong Kong in Face of Climate Change Effect

From CRIENGLISH.com

The World Meteorological Organization[世界气象组织] has forecast[预测，预报] this year to be the hottest on record globally.

Here in Hong Kong, stats[数据统计] show that every month this year was warmer than normal from January to October, and December has also been warm.

Apart from[除…之外] rising temperature, the seaside city[海滨城市] has experienced more frequent heavy rain than before[暴雨更加普遍], and a rising sea level[海平面上升] in Victoria Harbor[维多利亚港].

Under Secretary for the Environment in Hong Kong[香港环境局副局长] Christine Loh says climate change requires the city to be more resilient[弹回的，有弹力的].

"We have a long China coast, Hong Kong is part of China, the gradual increase in terms of sea level rise[海平面上升] will require regional and national attention[需要地区和国家的关注] to see what we do in the longer term future. I hope we will be able to set a new target[设定新的目标] within the course of next year, we will need to work with the power sector[电力部门], with the transport sector[交通部门], to look at the reduction[减少；下降；缩小] beyond 2020."

Hong Kong is set to meet its target for carbon intensity reduction[实现碳浓度的降低目标] of 50 to 60 percent by 2020 as compared with 2005 levels.

Christine Loh says to mitigate[减轻，缓和] cliamte change, Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland can do more together.

"I think the mainland in terms of technology in renewable power[可再生能源], nuclear power[核能；核动力] is very advanced. For Hong Kong, the kind of collaboration[合作] we can have is looking at energy saving[节能], green buildings, saving water[节水], looking at management systems for the power sector. I think those are the practical areas. "

At the same time, the Consul General of France in Hong Kong and Macau[法国驻港澳总领事], Eric Berti, says he hopes companies from both countries can collaborate to implement[实施，执行] the deal struck in Paris.

"We can work on more efficient energy, to limit the pollution of atomic plants[核电站] for energy, we have French company very much involved in[参与] China in waste management[废物管理；废物处理] for water and cleaning. We have to work for more sustainable development[可持续发展] and more respect of the Nature."

A coalition[联合；结合，合并] of green groups in Hong Kong issued a joint declaration[发表联合声明] recently, calling for urgent action from all cities to prevent the planet from catastrophic overheating[灾难性的过热/变暖].

For CRI, this is Li Jing in Hong Kong.