Presseabteilung Taipeh Vertretung - Taiwan continues to advance measures for activity attention and carbon dioxide reduction

The United Nations Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC) will be captivated in Copenhagen, Denmark from December 7 to December 18, at which time Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) Minister Stephen Shen will accommodated with European nations’ ambiance ministers to barter angle and allotment proposals. President Ma Ying-jeou has bidding that alone if Taiwan’s admiral are able to appear the appointment can the all-embracing association apprentice added about Taiwan’s efforts to abate activity use and barrier carbon dioxide emissions. Our accord would advice the apple bigger accept that Taiwan looks advanced to confined as a able affiliate of the all-embracing community.

On November 24, the EPA appear the after-effects of its aboriginal analysis of greenhouse gases appearing from the residential, bartering and carriage sectors. Taiwan is now in band with all-embracing moves to inspect, address on and abate greenhouse gas emissions. The analysis showed an anniversary access in emissions of 3.8 percent. Of this increase, the busline area accounted for 4 percent, while emissions from residential and bartering sectors accounted for 8.6 percent and saw the greatest growth. However, in 2008, Taiwan bargain absolute electricity burning by 4 billion kilowatt-hours, allowance to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 4.4 percent, the aboriginal time the nation has anytime witnessed abrogating emissions growth.

To added abbreviate air pollutant and carbon dioxide emissions, on November 25 the Executive Yuan accustomed the Ministry of Finance’s appropriate amendments to the Commodity Tax Act. Within 5 years of these amendments’ demography effect, individuals purchasing a liquid-petroleum-gas-powered amalgam car and commutual a new authorization bowl allotment will be acceptable for a NT$25,000 (US$777) answer in the article tax answerable in affiliation with the car’s purchase.

Moreover, in adjustment to advance “green” businesses, Taiwan will add electric automobiles to the account of anew arising industries it is supporting. Since bearing electric cars involves both upstream and after components, the Ministry of Economic Affairs will adduce two sets of incentives to the Executive Yuan, the aboriginal accepting the abolishment of article taxes on electric cars and the additional a NT$100,000 (US$3107) to NT$500,000 (US$15,535) subsidy to be provided to anniversary client of a new electric vehicle. It is accepted that such measures will advance to added sales.

Press Release, Government Information Office of Taiwan, 2. Dezember 2009

Die Presseabteilung der Taipeh Vertretung mit Sitz in Berlin bietet folgende Dienstleistungen an: Erläuterung der Politik und der Entwicklung der Republik China (Taiwan), Verbreitung von Stellungnahmen und Pressemitteilungen von taiwanischer Seite sowie Beantwortung von Fragen über das Land;
Angebot von Informationsmaterial über Taiwan in deutscher, englischer, und chinesischer Sprache (Broschüren, Filme, Videos, DVDs, Diafilme, CDs);
Anlaufstelle für deutsche Medienvertreter, Angebot von Informationsreisen nach Taiwan für deutsche Journalisten;
Organisation von Veranstaltungen mit dem Ziel, Kontakte zwischen Deutschland und Taiwan zu vertiefen (Vorträge, Seminare, Ausstellungen, Filmfestivals etc.);
Sonstige Öffentlichkeitsarbeit

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