The Republic of China (Taiwan) calls for one more year to the international community to support its meaningful participation in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which takes place on October 31 to November 12 in Glasgow (United Kingdom). This is what the ambassador of Taiwan in Spain, José María Liu , defends in this interview with OKDIARIO, who warns that “Taiwan will do everything necessary to defend itself against threats from China.”
Due to the pressure exerted by the People’s Republic of China (PRC) on the international community, based purely on political considerations, Taiwan is only allowed to attend the sessions of the Conference of the Parties (COP26) of the aforementioned summit as “ non-governmental organization observer, ”which leaves him with very little scope for participation.
Despite this, in recent years Taiwan has actively worked to adopt solid and effective measures to combat climate change and share with the rest of the world the common goal of achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050, increasing the use of carbon dioxide. natural gas and reducing dependence on coal.
Located in a region highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change, Taiwan has been actively engaged in policy formulation and legal mechanisms, technological research and development, industrial innovation and social transformation in response to the challenges of climate change for many years.
Proof of its commitment to the fight against climate change is that from 2016 to 2020, Taiwan’s renewable energy facilities increased by more than 100 percent, and its solar energy capacity increased by 370 percent. In 2019, Taiwan commissioned the Formosa 1 wind farm, one of the first offshore wind farms in the Asia Pacific region.
