next, i'm very excited to introduce my colleague rich chien who has served as the project manager forthe climate action plan. i know you have all heard the phrase herding cats and rich has been herding the climate cats around the city to come together and focus on this task of developing the 2021 climate action plan. i want to publicly thank rich for all his dedication and trouble shooting and let him talk about the work he's doing. >> thank you cyndy. i'm very excited to be here to share an update on the progress we have made updating the climate action plan or cap and where we hope to go next. i couldn't have done it alone. they are other city staff and technical experts and community and business stakeholders and everyone else who took the time to engage and contribute to the efforts. i'm grateful for all of the support. it serves as our foundation pointing us to where we need to focus and for us, primarily energy buildings and transportation and land use and we look at data from all of the other work departments are doing to gain more knowledge and help us develop better solutions

. >> reporter: from here in hong kong the epicenter of chien covid's latest surge is right behind me.kyline is in guangdong province and doctors on state-run media have been warning the delta variant makes patients sicker faster. from swabs to jabs, china is racing too stayy aheaead o of t fastst-spreadingng delta s stra covid. some people lining up for miles to get vaccinated in guangzhou, capital of china's southeast guangdong province. an estimated 150,000 residents are still under lockdown. with workers in hazmat suits delivering them food and disinfecting the streets. in three days health workers tested nearly the entire population of about 19 million. the epidemic in guangzhou is an unprecedented opponent and requires our resolve, said the deputy director of guangdong center for disease control. the delta variant of covid first emerged in india this spring. 3,500 people are still dying on average each day. the most of any country in the world. according to the "new york times." and the strain is now the most common in the united kingdom. but there is some good news today. chines

next, i'm very excited to introduce my colleague rich chien who has served as the project manager forve all heard the phrase herding cats and rich has been herding the climate cats around the city to come together and focus on this task of developing the 2021 climate action plan. i want to publicly thank rich for all his dedication and trouble shooting and let him talk about the work he's doing. >> thank you cyndy. i'm very excited to be here to share an update on the progress we have made updating the climate action plan or cap and where we hope to go next. i couldn't have done it alone. they are other city staff and technical experts and community and business stakeholders and everyone else who took the time to engage and contribute to the efforts. i'm grateful for all of the support. it serves as our foundation pointing us to where we need to focus and for us, primarily energy buildings and transportation and land use and we look at data from all of the other work departments are doing to gain more knowledge and help us develop better solutions. build on experience, this is importa