Combatting climate change in Hong Kong and beyond

We must • A summary of COP26 accelerate the pace of the Race to Zero and simultaneously pick up the Race to environment must play its • Insights on how COP26 links to the Resilience. [...] humanity on a pathway to significantly exceed They reflect the interests, the conditions, 1.5°C global warming, with the near-certainty of the contradictions and the state of both triggering the disastrous release of methane from thawing permafrost in the Arctic and risking political will in the world today. [...] 10 11 Building ambition: What’s next? We ask leaders across the built WorldGBC’s optimism is strengthened environment to: by the energy and appetite for action that • Work with your governments to the future of the built was seen in Glasgow — both inside and ensure building energy efficiency outside the venue, particularly from the forms a central element of the revised climate activists and youth. [...] imperative to assess and track operational also demands that we treat carbon with the same emissions from the energy used for heating importance as cost and price, based on a full life and cooling (70% of the total emissions from cycle and performance-based approach and by buildings), as well as emissions embodied in the starting to set absolute emissions reduction targets. [...] Read more • Enhance the climate resilience of buildings The government should play a leading role and critical infrastructure now and in the in encouraging and enabling the private future through robust climate modelling sector to increase climate resilience by: and comprehensive design strategies • Publicly disclosing climate risk assessments, • Enhance early-warning systems and emergency forecas.