Taiwan Ranks Low on Climate Goal Implementation

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Taiwan’s environment minister says the nation is moving closer to its commitment to the UN’s 2050 net-zero carbon goal, but warns that slow renewable energy development could hinder progress. Dr. Hsieh Ying-shih, chairperson of the Environmental Quality Protection Foundation and co-author of the CCPI report, responded that Taiwan should set more pragmatic goals and focus on effective policy implementation.

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00:00Taiwan's environment minister says the country is making yearly headway in cutting carbon emissions.

00:05Reporting to lawmakers, Peng Chiming said Taiwan is steadily decreasing its carbon emissions and

00:11may even see a 10 percent reduction by the end of this year compared to 2005. But Peng also worries

00:17that slow renewable energy development will stow progress. Meanwhile, NGO German Watch has ranked

00:23Taiwan 59th out of 67 countries on its climate change performance index. It cited Taiwan's dependency

00:30on natural gas and coal and its flawed transition to renewable energy. Peng took issue with the

00:36ranking and said Taiwan would stay on course toward its 2050 met-zero carbon emissions goals.

00:53The briefing comes after the UN's COP30 climate summit wrap-up on Sunday. Although Taiwan is not a

01:11member country, it follows international standards and sent over a hundred NGO observers to the event.

01:18To learn more about what obstacles Taiwan faces in catching up in a global fight against climate

01:23change, our reporter Irene Lin spoke to Dr. Xie Ying Shi. He's chairperson of Environmental Quality

01:29Protection Foundation and a contributor to the Climate Change Performance Index report.

01:35Taiwan has subscribed to the UN target of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 and has made several energy

01:42policies to meet that goal. While these policies are celebrated, the country's performance was rated low

01:48on the climate change performance index. What is it missing?

01:51What is it missing?

01:52到目前为止,我们的整个减排的这个绩效一直都没有出来.

01:58在这种情况之下,这样的一种政治承诺,它会变成没有意义.

02:03我们为了推动再生能源发展,其实非常努力,所以我们才会造成山野光电,

02:11然后海野光电等等,这样的一种现象。

02:15可是到目前为止,发展再生能源的政策如此之迫切,

02:20可是我们却没有好的能源政策的环境影响评估。

02:26那么这就造成了我们现在看到的一些乱象。

02:29How do you think Taiwan should go forth with its plan toward net-zero carbon emissions?

02:33我们在高碳的能源结构之下,我们在如此珍贵的稀缺的天然资源的这种条件之下,

02:43怎么样能够既能够维持台湾的所谓的经济发展,

02:48又能够让一般百姓的生活水准不会下降。

02:52既然要发展人工智能,会用电需求大,

02:55那我们到底需要什么样有多少的不同的能源的选择,包括核能。

03:02为什么我们不能够好好地讨论,最大限度地来实现我们的承诺。

03:08这是我觉得很值得我们政府来做参考的。

03:15That was Dr. Xie Ying Shi, Chairperson of Environmental Quality Protection Foundation.

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