1.7 The Chief Executive announced in the 2020 Policy Address that Hong Kong would strive to achieve carbon neutrality before 2050. In 2019, electricity generation was the largest source of carbon emissions, accounting for about two-thirds (66%) of the total emissions in Hong Kong, followed by transport (about 18%), waste (about 7%, mainly from landfills), other end use of fuel (about 5%), and industrial processes and product use (about 4%). It is an extremely challenging target to achieve carbon neutrality before 2050, i.e. in less than 30 years. Hong Kong must formulate a proactive, forward-looking and targeted decarbonisa- tion strategy, and strive to encourage the parti- cipation of the whole community. The community in general expects Hong Kong to go further in deep decarbonisation... The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region will strive to achieve carbon neutrality before 2050. To this end, the Government will set out more proactive strategies and measures to reduce carbon emissions. The Chief Executive, Mrs Carrie Lam,