New Taipei named a global leader in carbon disclosure

2015/12/10

New Taipei City in northern Taiwan is one of the 10 best metropolises in the world when it comes to climate reporting, according to the local government’s Environmental Protection Department Dec. 8.

The city was selected by London-based Carbon Disclosure Project for a high-quality response to the 2015 CDP Cities Questionnaire across such areas as action plans, strategies and reaching carbon footprint reduction targets.

In a congratulatory letter, CDP said New Taipei will be featured in its upcoming InFocus City Reports, adding that the annual publication provides an outstanding stage to showcase “hard work and commitment to climate change action and resilience.”

According to an NTC Government official, the biggest metropolis in Taiwan is also the champion of sustainability. “This achievement is another vote of confidence from the global community in our carbon emissions reduction capability.”

The latest development follows the announcement last month by the Compact of Mayors highlighting New Taipei as the first city in Asia to achieve full compliance with climate change action. The New York-based organization is the world’s largest coalition of city leaders committed to combating climate change.

It also coincides with the visit by the city’s Deputy Mayor Chen Shen-hsien to Paris for events on the sidelines of the Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP21). These include activities organized by COM and Germany-based Local Governments for Sustainability, as well as Climate Summit for Local Leaders.

Chen took the opportunity to exchange views on related policymaking with the mayors of Bonn, Bristol and Seoul at the Cities and Regions Pavilion of the Transformative Action Program at COP21.

Source: Taiwan Today (http://taiwantoday.tw/ct.asp?xItem=239984&ctNode=2194&mp=9)