The EcoCity World Summit is designed to focus on the way humanity builds its home — its cities, towns and villages.
But the number of ecocities in China has grown over the years.
Professor Brendan Gleeson: There are several priorities that require some focus to create sustainable urban centres.
But years of economic growth that comes at all costs has impaired people’s imagination when it comes to seeing different futures.
We need a state-supported makeover which helps make these landscapes more resilient and less carbon intensive.
Our cities are going to be warmer, dryer, places with more extreme heat events and they’re going to experience sea level rise, so we need to move urgently to adapt those cities and make them resilient in the face of those changes.
Professor Mee Kam Ng: A priority has to be helping the less developed parts of the world as they have fewer resources.
Hong Kong’s move towards climate change is strongly affected by China’s efforts.
These principles focus on four key areas: ecology, economics, politics and culture.
Professor Mee Kam Ng: An urban living that respects nature and biodiversity.