Hong Kong’s Gas Utility Wrote City’s Climate & Hydrogen Strategies
Which means that they are worse than useless
Recently John Haffner, responsible for sustainability at Hong Kong’s US$1.4 billion annual revenue Hang Lung Property Group, reached out to me. ReThink HK, which bills itself as Hong Kong’s best-attended and most ambitious business event for sustainable development, was hosting a debate he would be part of in front of some subset of the roughly 10,000 attendees.
The debate frame was “The House Believes We Have a Credible Path to Achieving Carbon Neutrality by 2050.” Knowing my track record of assessing climate and hydrogen plans, Haffner asked if I had a perspective on Hong Kong’s in the run-up to the event, possibly with the hope of gaining some pithy quote or eye-popping statistic to use in his remarks.
I was curious enough and easily distracted enough from whatever I was doing to have a quick look at the climate and hydrogen plans. The curiosity came in part because not only is Hong Kong a storied city, but at one point the firm I was working for was considering whether I would be useful in a role there after my Singapore time. Sadly no…
