Taiwan and Climate Change

Global Climate Campaign is an international coalition of environmental groups who annually hold an Global Day of Action on Climate. On the Global Day of Action on Climate, people around the world hold events to urge action on climate change.

For the past few years, Taiwanese environmental organizations have participated in Global Climate Campaign, holding marches urging the Taiwanese government to take action against climate change. While Taiwan is not a signatory to the Kyoto Protocol, due to its exclusion from the United Nations, the country has committed to its own set of greehouse gas emissions targets. For more information, see http://unfccc.epa.gov.tw/unfccc/english/04_our_efforts/060_actions.html.

In addition, the two largest cities in Taiwan, Taipei and Kaohsiung have become members of Local Governments for Sustainability (ICLEI), an association of municipal governments. As part of their commitment with ICLEI, the cities have analyzed the greenhouse gas emissions generated by activity within the city as well as comitted to climate change action plans. For more information, see http://www.iclei.org/.

For more information about the Taiwanese Climate Change movement, go to http://www.globalclimatecampaign.org/
index.phpcmd=Main.ShowCountry&id=49&lang=en#country49. In addition, check out this story on Taiwan’s position on climate change at http://www.theglobalist.com/storyid.aspx?StoryId=7676.