****************************************************
The Environmental Protection Department (EPD) today (June 19) released the 2012 greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory for Hong Kong.
Hong Kong's total GHG emissions in 2012 amounted to 43.1 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent. Our per capita GHG emission was around 6 tonnes, slightly lower than that in 2011. Electricity generation remained the major source of emissions, amounting to 29.4 million tonnes or 68.2 per cent of the total. Other major emission sources were the transport sector (17.1 per cent) and waste management (5.4 per cent).
Details of the 2012 GHG inventory can be found on the EPD website:
www.epd.gov.hk/epd/english/climate_change/resources.html.
Ends/Friday, June 19, 2015
Issued at HKT 16:01
NNNN
