Green Economy

Chiawei Tom Lin

Student #: R99749029

Green Economy – Climate Change and Green Regulations

|GHG Emissions for 2005 compiled by World Resources Institute published in 2009 |

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|  |Population |GHG Emissions in metric tons* |% of Global Total |Per Capita |

|Taiwan |22,894,384 |299,200,000 |0.68 |13.068707 |

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|* GHG Emission include carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, perfluorocarbon, hydrofluorocarbon, and sulfur hexafluoride |

[pic]Taiwan's greenhouse gas emissions structure in 2005.

TAIWAN OVERVIEW and Climate Regulations

Due to Taiwan’s precarious political status in the World, exclusion from the UN, and numerous other issues, data for Taiwan is considerably more limited than for other countries. Fortunately, Taiwan’s economic prowess and standing gives note to research firms such as the World Resources Institute and in comparison to other major economies, Taiwan’s per capita emissions of 13.07 is average, when compared to China’s is 5.8, while the US is 24.1 (1).

The Kyoto Protocol, Copenhagen, and future talks/negotiations provide the basis for international emission cuts, however, Taiwan cannot participate and have no input, but Taiwan follows the framework of these talks to craft regulations and legislative used to tackle carbon dioxide emissions. From my understanding, Taiwan has been preparing to for national climate change regulations for many years, and one of the first actions the government took to combat climate change was the formation of a ‘climate change team’ in...