Capitalising on China’s 15th Five-Year Plan and global trends to advance Hong Kong’s sustainable development
The Green Earth welcomes the public consultation on the 2026 Policy Address and Hong Kong’s first five-year plan. We submit the following evidence-based recommendations on how Hong Kong can fully capitalise on the green development priorities of the national 15th Five-Year Plan (2026–2030) and corresponding international trends.
Hong Kong’s data centre boom: Powering innovation or jeopardising climate goals?
Steven Chan writes that “behind the gleaming servers and promised economic gains lies a sobering reality: our data centres are becoming one of the territory’s largest electricity consumers and carbon emitters, and current energy conservation policy is dangerously out of date.”
Veteran activist warns of ‘shrinking space’ for green advocacy in Hong Kong
After decades at the front lines campaigning for environmental protection, The Green Earth founder Edwin Lau Che-feng is slowing down to focus on his health and hobbies. The 68-year-old has been one of the most vocal environmentalists championing a waste-charging scheme for more than two decades. Lau still remembers May 27, 2024, when the government abruptly paused the waste-charging bill, as if it were yesterday. The suspension was the biggest blow in his 36-year career. “It feels impossible. Never in my life have I heard of a law in Hong Kong that has already been passed, yet fails to be implemented,” he said.
World leaders must act with conscience to prevent climate hell
Ten years have passed since the hopeful Paris Agreement was endorsed by almost 200 nations during the United Nations Climate Change Conference (Cop21) in Paris back in 2015. Will the Cop30 currently under way near the Amazon rainforest in Brazil bring us some good news?




