{1} Thrilled to share my latest feature story on mosquito-borne diseases and #ClimateRisks in #Asia, collaborated with Crystal Ying Chan 陳盈 and supported by Earth Journalism Network , for The Diplomat. thediplomat.com/2021/11/what-h… #EJN #climatechange #onehealth #climatecrisis #publichealth

[#OrderOfMagnitude] #⃣6️⃣ - Biodiversity If cattle were to be the main contributor of greenhouse gases in one place, it will be🇭🇰: ➡️43% of🇭🇰consumption-based GHG emissions. Source: Y Y Yau et al 2018 Environ. Res. Lett. 13 064005 ➡️#ImportedDeforestation: ⤵️

Meat consumption per capita: TOP 3 contributors and in selected countries. ⤵️ Hong Kong still 1st in latest figures from the FAO (2018) at 341 grams per person per day.

Visualizing the Accumulation of Human-Made Mass on Earth 🌎 Full-sized version here: elements.visualcapitalist.com/visualizing-th…

[#OrderOfMagnitude] #⃣7⃣ - Climate To limit global warming to 1.5°C, our remaining carbon budget will be used up in less than 6 years at current emission level. Our global CO₂ emissions need to decrease by 50% by 2030.

In a city a bit serious in addressing climate change, this is simply banned. It’s not even cold now in HK, it’s 19°C!

“It is unequivocal that human influence has warmed the atmosphere, ocean and land.” This sentence - and all the others in the Summary for Policymakers of IPCC AR6 WGI report - was approved by the representatives of the 195 nations. Maybe that as a reminder Twitter Meta ?

[#OrderOfMagnitude] #⃣8⃣ - Energy

[#OrderOfMagnitude] #⃣9⃣ - Transport HKElectric (HKE) ⚡️ generation is among the most carbon intensive in the world, resulting in similar levels of CO₂ emissions for EV and ICE vehicles.

[#OrderOfMagnitude] #⃣🔟 - Climate Hong Kong has the 3rd largest carbon footprint in the Asia-Pacific region. HKGov is only focusing on territorial emissions in its decarbonisation strategy, representing only about a 1/3 of HK actual footprint.

My hope for 2022 is that it brings great things for the climate movement. Love and rage, my dear ones. We are the Earth protecting herself.

Pour être filmé par les caméras de télévision pendant qu'il vote dans sa ville, Jean Castex a décidé de faire un aller-retour entre Paris et Prades en jet privé. En 1 jour, il aura relâché 4460 kg de CO2 dans l'atmosphère, autant que ce qu'un Français émet en 6 mois.

Nouvelle ère …

#ClimateChange in #HongKong Evolution over the period 1885-2021 ⤵️

“April 2022 was much drier than usual in Hong Kong. The total rainfall in the month was 3.5 millimetres, only about 2 per cent of the normal figure of 153.0mm and the lowest on record for April.” Hong Kong Observatory

C’est incroyable : on a VRAIMENT affiché le #GIEC dans le métro !! Depuis des semaines, on martèle que le dernier rapport n’est pas assez médiatisé. C’est donc une réelle fierté de contribuer à accroître sa visibilité aux yeux du grand public.