Policy Address 2025: Greenpeace urges climate initiatives as lawmakers heap praise on leader’s annual speech

Policy Address 2025: Greenpeace urges climate initiatives as lawmakers heap praise on leader’s annual speech

Environmental NGO Greenpeace has called for climate initiatives after the Hong Kong leader said in this year’s Policy Address that the city would fast-track a widely criticised development plan in the north. A construction site in Kwu Tung, part of the Northern Metropolis, on August 13, 2024. Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. Chief Executive John Lee did not raise a “single word” about climate adaptation and reducing waste at source, while “promoting ecotou…