It is disappointing that neither Donald Tsang Yam-kuen nor Alan Leong Kah-kit has included global warming in their election platforms.
After the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released its report last month, the lights illuminating the Eiffel Tower in Paris, the Colosseum in Rome, the Puerta de Alcala in Madrid and other monuments in European cities were switched off for five minutes in recognition of the need for collective action on global warming.
In Hong Kong last year, Mr Tsang refused to support the three-minute Lights Out campaign because it might hurt the city's image. Did turning out the lights for five minutes affect the images of Paris, Rome and Madrid? Definitely not.
The rejection of such a simple symbolic action by the Tsang administration showed that our government lacks the political will to work on this global issue. The absence of climate change on the agendas of both chief executive candidates shows a lack of political vision.
Other countries are embracing emissions caps, carbon trading schemes, energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies. Hong Kong is in danger of missing out.
KEVIN LI, Greenpeace China
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