Hong Kong’s Environment Secretary: Climate Change Impacts “See No Boundaries”

Cities around the world are suffering from the impacts of climate change but they also have the capacity to fight back, says Edward Yao, Hong Kong’s environment secretary. In this interview with...
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Cities around the world are suffering from the impacts of climate change but they also have the capacity to fight back, says Edward Yao, Hong Kong’s environment secretary. In this interview with the C40 News team during last month’s C40 Cities Mayors Summit in Sao Paulo, Yao describes Hong Kong’s “multi-pronged” approach to reaching its energy goals and reducing its carbon impact.

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