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3. Domestic and International Major Events:

International

1. Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is an international organization responsible for the research of influences caused by climate changes. IPCC has published global climate assessment reports in 1990, 1995, 2001, and 2007. In the 1995 assessment report, the research finding suggests that anthropogenic GHG emissions are influencing the global climate.
2. United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is an international convention which sets the voluntary GHG emission reduction targets.
3. After UNFCCC took effect in 1994, the Conference of the Parties (COP) is held once each year, and COP12 was held in 2006
4. ISO/TMB/AHGCC(Ad-hoc Group on Climate Change): participate in various UNFCCC meetings on behalf of ISO.
5. UK Emission Trading Scheme (UK-ETS) is the first GHG trading scheme in the world; EU-ETS is the first international GHG trading market.
6. Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHG Protocol) is the key manual used to calculate and report GHG emissions of enterprises and is also an important research report that is referenced by ISO to draft the ISO 14064 series standard.
   
   

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Taiwan

1. In response to the reduction targets and periods set in the Kyoto Protocol, Taiwan reviewed its national energy and industrial policies in the first National Energy Conference and started planning and promoting measures to assist the reduction of industrial GHGs.
2. The National Council for Sustainable Development of the Executive Yuan established a cross-departmental “Climate Change and Kyoto Protocol Response Task Force” to integrate and promote relevant GHG issues with greater efficiency.
3. In the second National Energy Conference, Taiwan reviewed the policies which were to be adopted or amended by various governmental departments in coordination with the timing of when Kyoto Protocol would come into force.
4. The Ministry of Economic Affairs established the “Taiwan Industrial Greenhouse Office” to assist the work of Taiwan's industrial GHGs management and reduction promotion.