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Published Date: 2019-12-11
An assessment of
Taiwan’s carbon reduction efforts by a German NGO has drawn mixed reactions
from Taiwanese officials and environmental groups.
The German NGO
recently ranked 62 countries and regions in terms of how effective they have
been at cutting carbon emissions. Taiwan was placed third from the bottom
Officials at
Taiwan’s Environmental Protection Administration said Wednesday that the
ranking was conducted in a subjective manner, and did not take Taiwan’s efforts
fully into consideration.
Meanwhile on
Wednesday, several local environmental groups held a press conference calling
on the government to implement more effective carbon reduction policies. The
representatives said that while the German NGO’s rankings were limited in its
scope, they do point out some of the shortcomings in Taiwan’s environmental
strategies.