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Hong Kong Ecological FootprintReport 2010Paths to a Sustainable Future
2010
REPORTHK
CONTENTS INTRODUCTION
EVIDENCE
HONG KONG: TURNING THE TIDE
DATA
FOREWORD
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
80%CITIES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR AS MUCH AS 80 PERCENT OF GLOBAL GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
24THE PER PERSON
CARBON FOOTPRINT HAS INCREASED 24 TIMES SINCE 1962
USEFUL WEB-LINKS CAN BE FOUND IN FURTHER
INFORMATION
WE MUST LEARN TO LIVE WITHIN
THE LIMITS OF THIS PLANET.
GLOBAL CONTEXT AND HONG KONG OVERVIEW
CARBON FOOTPRINT
GRAZING LAND
FOREST LAND
FISHING GROUNDS
CROPLAND
BUILT-UP LAND
HOW IS ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT MEASURED?
EFC EFP EFI-EFE= +
GRAZING LAND
CROPLAND
CARBON FOOTPRINT
FOREST LAND
FISHING GROUNDS
BUILT-UP LAND
CHINA ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT AND BIOCAPACITY
ASIA-PACIFIC REGION
BIOCAPACITY PER PERSON HAS DECLINED PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF THE INCREASE IN
POPULATION FROM 3.2 MILLION IN 1961 TO 7 MILLION IN 2007
HONG KONG ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT AND BIOCAPACITY
60%CARBONCROPLAND 24%
BUILT-UP LAND 1%FOREST LAND 1%
GRAZING LAND 8%
FISHING GROUNDS 6%
HONG KONG’S TOTAL ECOLOGICAL
FOOTPRINT DECLINED NEARLY 20 PERCENT FROM 1998 TO 2007
58M58 MILLION
TONNES OF CO2 ARE EMITTED
ELSEWHERE TO SUPPLY IMPORTS
TO HONG KONG
70%OF THE
HOUSEHOLD CARBON
FOOTPRINT IS IN EMBODIED GOODS
AND SERVICES
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HONGKONG
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Hong Kong’s major trade flows: sources of imported goods into Hong Kong and destinations of goods exported from Hong Kong
CITY COMPARISON
60%CARBON FOOTPRINT
MAKES UP 68-69 PERCENT OF
THE ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT PER
PERSON IN BE!ING, SHANGHAI AND
SINGAPORE, HIGHER THAN HONG KONG
AT 60 PERCENT
HONG KONG SUSTAINABILITY FOCUS
30%
62KG
AROUND 20-30%
OF TIMBER CONSUMED IN
HONG KONG MAY BE FROM ILLEGAL
SOURCES
50COUNTRIES WERE INVOLVED IN THE LRFF TRADE IN 2009
ADDRESSING OVERSHOOT
Area x Bioproductivity = Biocapacity (supply)
Population x Consumption x Resource and = Ecologicalper person waste intensity Footprint
(demand)
Gap between supply and demand:
OVERSHOOT
TRANSFORMATION TO SUSTAINABILITY
MORE THAN
500,000 SEAFOOD GUIDES HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED IN
HONG KONG
THE BAN ON TRAWLING WILL
BE A MAJOR STEP TO ACHIEVING SUSTAINABLE
FISHERIES
CONCLUSIONS
WE CANNOT ESCAPE THE
IMPACTS OF OUR ACTIONS ON OUR
WELL-BEING IT IS IN
HONG KONG’S SELF-INTEREST
TO ENSURE THAT OUR USE
OF RENEWABLE RESOURCES IS
SUSTAINABLE. GOVERNMENT, BUSINESS AND
INDIVIDUALS ALL HAVE A
ROLE TO PLAY
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
TECHNICAL NOTES
FURTHER INFORMATION
REFERENCES
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