Taiwan
Greenhouse Gas Reduction and Management Act
Legislative
Law
Adaptation Framework
Mitigation Framework
Passed in 2015
Article 5.3) states that to respond to the impact of climate change, under the principle of equality and social welfare promotion, the government should implement tax mechanisms on imported fossil fuels based on carbon dioxide equivalent.
Article 8 establishes that central government agencies shall promote 8.4) transport management, development of mass transit systems, and reduction in GHG emissions by other transport sectors, 8.8) Forest resource management, biodiversity conservation, and strengthening of forests' carbon sequestration, 8.9) Reduction and management of GHG emission from agriculture and guarantee of food security.
Documents
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Long-term national GHG emission reduction goal shall be to reduce GHG emissions to no more than 50% of 2005 GHG emission by 2050
Related litigation cases
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Greenpeace East Asia and others v. Ministry of Economic Affairs
On February 3, 2021, Greenpeace East Asia, the Environmental Jurists Association, and four individual plaintiffs filed suit against Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA), alleging that the agency's Regulation for Large Power Consumers was not ambitious enough, in violation of the country's...
from the Grantham Research Institute
from the Grantham Research Institute
