Green Forum to discuss carbon neutral urban development

The Green Forum at this year’s Macau International Environmental Cooperation Forum and Exhibition (MIECF) will revolve around carbon neutral urban development, the government announced in a statement.

“This edition of the Green Forum will focus on important international environmental issues,” the government underlined. “It aims to contribute suggestions and proposals for how green and low-carbon social development policies might be achieved.”

At Session 3, titled Creating a Plan for a Carbon Neutral City to Combat Climate Change, there will be discussions on the implementation of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality, which has become a widely-discussed and debated topic at an international level in recent years. It is also a key matter in the promotion and development of China’s socioeconomic and environmental sectors.

Among other speakers, the session will see speeches and opinions from Cui Dandan, associate counsellor of the Department of International Cooperation of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of the People’s Republic of China, and Isabella Huang Loh, president of the Singapore Environment Council. The session will be held on the morning of Mar. 29 in the Sicily Meeting Room of the Venetian Macao.

Speakers will address topics such as “Towards a Green and Low-Carbon Urban Future, in Synergy with High-Quality Cooperation under the Belt-and-Road Initiative”, “Deepening Cooperation between Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau in Ecological and Environmental Protection to Build a Great World-Class Beautiful Bay”, “Observing Green and Low-Carbon Urban Development from a National Pilot City”, and “Green Cities of Portugal: Lisbon & Guimarães – Examples of Carbon Neutrality for Climate Action”, the government further explained. AL