Policy progress in mitigation of climate change in Taiwan

• Published in: Energy policy Vol. 39; no. 3; pp. 1113 - 1122
• Main Authors: Hwang, Jenn Jiang, Chang, Wei Ru
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.03.2011; Elsevier; Elsevier Science Ltd
• Series: Energy Policy
• Subjects: Air pollution; Air pollution caused by fuel industries; Applied sciences; Carbon emissions; Climate; Climate change; cutting; Economic development; Economics; Emissions control; Energy; Energy conservation; Energy economics; Energy management; Energy policy; Energy. Thermal use of fuels; Environment; environmental policy; Environmentalism; Exact sciences and technology; General, economic and professional studies; General. Regulations. Norms. Economy; Global warming; Government policy; Greenhouse effect; Greenhouse gas (GHG); greenhouse gas emissions; Greenhouse gases; Law; Metering. Control; Policies; Policy; Pollution control; Reduction; Regulation; renewable energy sources; Studies; Sustainability; Sustainable development; Sustainable energy; Sustainable energy Greenhouse gas (GHG) Policy; Taiwan; Taiwan; Policy; Sustainable energy; Greenhouse gas (GHG)
• ISSN: 0301-4215; 1873-6777
• DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2010.11.033

To make an active contribution to the global effort in mitigation of climate change, Taiwan government has implemented the “Frameworks for Sustainable Energy Policy—An Energy-Saving and Carbon-Reduction Action Plan” in June 2008. It has made a commitment of a stepwise reduction of nationwide greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, which returns the nationwide GHG emission to 2008 levels by 2020, then reduces to 2000 levels by 2025, and finally cuts 50% of 2000 levels by 2050. The fundamental strategy is to reduce the GHG emission under acceptable economic development and energy security to achieve generation-spanning triple-win in energy, environment and economy. The major policy instruments such as “Statute for Renewable Energy Development”, “GHG Reduction Law (draft),” “Regulation for Energy Tax (draft),” and “Energy Management Act” have been either implemented or scheduled for legislative reviewing. The purpose of this paper is to present an updated review of the outcomes of GHG emission reduction in Taiwan. In addition, the progress and priority of policy instruments in GHG emission reduction are analyzed as well.