https://www.scmp.com/rss/516738/feed Natalie Chung Sum Yue is a member of the Hong Kong government's Council for Carbon Neutrality and Sustainable Development. She is a PhD candidate researching climate policy at Princeton University. She holds an MPhil from the University of Oxford and a BSSc from The Chinese University of Hong Kong. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Natalie Chung Sum Yue Natalie Chung Sum Yue The Cop30 UN climate change conference in Belem, Brazil, concluded with a package of decisions that champions implementation and finance, yet its success is nuanced, marked by both institutional progress and political compromises over the core issue of fossil fuels. The conference, framed as the “implementation Cop” by the Brazilian presidency, turned attention away from purely text negotiations to implementing action. The world is grappling with the complex realities of executing a systemic... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3334252/how-cop30-laid-bare-new-geopolitics-climate-action?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3334252/how-cop30-laid-bare-new-geopolitics-climate-action?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 28 Nov 2025 12:30:10 +0000 Natalie Chung Sum Yue,Santiago Millan Natalie Chung Sum Yue,Santiago Millan A century ago, Winston Churchill’s decision to pivot the Royal Navy from coal to oil defined British maritime supremacy. At present, whether nations invest in emerging energy technologies or double down on conventional ones could define who commands the next era of energy. The energy transition today is a technological and geopolitical contest between entrenched fossil powers and rising renewable challengers. As the transition accelerates, we are witnessing a widening divergence in how... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3325719/how-chinas-green-energy-edge-puts-it-position-shape-future?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3325719/how-chinas-green-energy-edge-puts-it-position-shape-future?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 18 Sep 2025 12:30:08 +0000 Calling the summer of 2023 in Hong Kong eventful would be an understatement. The city witnessed the hottest August on record, marked by multiple heatwaves. In September, Super Typhoon Saola struck, followed closely by a severe rainstorm – during which the highest hourly rainfall since 1884 was recorded – that caused serious flooding. Scientists have concluded – with very high confidence in reports by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change – that anthropogenic climate change is responsible... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3235446/how-hong-kong-can-best-build-urban-climate-resilience?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3235446/how-hong-kong-can-best-build-urban-climate-resilience?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 23 Sep 2023 07:30:18 +0000