The new government has promised to actively develop green energy and initiate energy transition; but how was the new government’s performance? This paper...
Nantou area suffers from serious PM2.5 pollution, with emissions mainly from neighbouring counties and cities. The management and control of this cross-boundary pollution ...
The number of monitoring station, which monitors the air quality of a certain or bigger area, is limited. The emergence of micro monitoring and technological innovation enables
The collapse of the Ho-ping electrical tower and the heat waves struck in the recent two weeks that caused power crisis, have highlighted current Taiwan’s centralized energy system fragility. In face of this crisis, although commentators believed that nuclear plant 1 and machine 2 of plant 2, whose fuel pool have already reached their upper limits, should be restarted to survive the crisis. However, this research team believes that we should follow Seoul South Korea’s example, who after a major blackout in 2011, has realized the importance of decentralized energy systems, thus vigorously promoted the “saving a nuclear plant” policy. To this power crisis, as to promote Taiwan's energy transformation social driving force.
Do not let your lungs become air cleaners! 2017 Fubon Globalization Forum—I Breathe, I Decide is the event bring you and me together as a member of a globalized world's citizen to fight against air pollution and react to climate change.At the critical moments of climate change and air pollution governance in Taiwan...
Over the past two decades, extreme climate brought great disaster around the world, Taiwan is no exception. Since 1996, Typhoon Herb led to collapse of Lincoln Community, successive in 2000 as Xangsane typhoon, 2001 Nari storm, Typhoon Toraji, 2001 North Taiwan water shortage, 2004 Typhoon Mindulle caused collapse of central cross-island highway...
The distrust between government and society is the enormous challenge in Taiwan in recent years. The challenges of global governance and social transformation are underpinned by the threat of climate change. Situating at the context of the global reaction to climate change...
President Donald Trump declared Thursday he was withdrawing the U.S. from the landmark Paris climate agreement...