The Environmental Protection Department (EPD) released the 2017 greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory for Hong Kong on July 31, 2019.
Hong Kong’s total GHG emissions in 2017 amounted to 40.7 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent, representing a drop of about 2.4 per cent compared with 2016. It is observed that Hong Kong’s GHG emissions have shown a decreasing trend since 2014. Similarly, a decreasing trend is also observed in per capita emissions and carbon intensity from 2014 to 2017. Our per capita GHG emissions and carbon intensity were about 5.5 tonnes and 0.015 kg CO2-e per Hong Kong Dollar GDP respectively.
In terms of Greenhouse Gas Emission, electricity generation was the major source of emission, amounting to 26.6 million tonnes or 65.4 per cent of the total. Other major emission sources were the transport sector (17.8 per cent) and waste management (6.9 per cent)
Details of the 2017 GHG inventory can be found on the EPD website: https://www.climateready.gov.hk/page.php?id=23&lang=1
