Taiwan Reflects on Its Climate Goals After COP30

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Why does Taiwan rank 59th out of 67 countries on the Climate Change Performance Index?    The NGO Germanwatch, which has created this index to track countries’ climate mitigation efforts, considers Taiwan – named Chinese Taipei in the ranking – to be a “very low performer.” Taiwan received very low ratings due to greenhouse gas emissions and energy use, as well as for lagging renewable energy development and clarity on climate policies.    Taiwan’s environment minister, Peng Chi-ming, responded in a legislative briefing that came after the UN’s COP30 climate summit wrapped up on Sunday. Peng said Taiwan is making yearly headway in cutting carbon emissions and is staying on course toward its 2050 net-zero carbon emissions goal.   Reporter: Irene Lin  Videographer:  Ryan Wu Video Editor: Alison Nguyen    #TaiwanPlusNews #Taiwan #ClimateChange #COP30

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00:00NGO German Watch has ranked Taiwan 59th out of 67 countries on its Climate Change Performance Index.

00:07The CCPI is an independent tool used to track countries' climate mitigation efforts.

00:12But Taiwan's Environment Minister Peng Qiming says the country is making yearly headway in cutting carbon emissions

00:18and is staying on course toward its 2050 net-zero carbon emissions goal.

00:23Taiwan may even see a 10 percent reduction by the end of this year compared to 2005.

00:28In response to the CCPI, Peng pointed out some flaws with the ranking.

00:43Peng's briefing to the lawmakers comes after the UN's COP30 Climate Summit wrapped up on Sunday.

00:49Although Taiwan is not a member country, it follows international standards and sent over 100 NGO observers to the event.

00:56But why is Taiwan considered a very low performer on the CCPI?

01:00The report highlights Taiwan's dependency on natural gas and coal,

01:03as well as what it called the country's flawed transition to using renewable energy.

01:07Taiwan is now trying to develop human intelligence and AI industry.

01:13We know that there will be a high use of renewable energy demand.

01:19So in this demand底下, we need to be able to achieve a stable economic development

01:23and to be able to improve human life and to achieve human life and to be able to achieve a simple goal.

01:30This is a high-level challenge.

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