Industrial Energy Saving And Carbon Reduction Information Web

1. Our Responsibility !

Since the Industrial Revolution, the concentration of greenhouse gas (GHG) in the atmosphere has been increasing significantly and has caused environmental problems associated with global warming. The Earth Summit was held by the UN in 1992, in which the "United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)" was adopted with the aim to alleviate global warming by means of global control mechanisms. By the end of 1997, "Kyoto Protocol", the legally binding international environmental protection agreement was adopted and it came into effect in February 2005.The Kyoto Protocol regulates 6 GHGs, including CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, and SF6, and requires 38 developed countries to lower their national GHG emissions from 2008 to 2012 by 5.2% below the emission level of 1990.

Currently, Taiwan is not a Kyoto Protocol signatory and hence is not required to reduce GHG emissions. However, taking into consideration that the Taiwanese industries are mainly export oriented, in order to deal with the potential impact of GHG reduction induced trade barriers on the domestic industries and to fully exercise Taiwan's obligation as a global citizen, various departments in the Taiwanese government have already taken active measures to promote emission reductions. Furthermore, following the global trend of GHG emission reduction, Taiwanese industries are encouraged to understand their own emission levels and draft appropriate reduction strategies to ensure their competitiveness.