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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