Climate change in Taiwan

They said 6 municipalities are in danger of sea level rise and storm surges which accounts for 70% of the population.

[10] 31% of coral reefs around Taiwan are dying due to high temperatures in the sea water.

[16] The government pledged to reduce emissions by 20% in 2030 and 50% in 2050, compared to 2005 levels, which was signed to by the 2015 Taiwan Greenhouse Gas Reduction and Management Act.

In 2009, the Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research (CIER), which had been commissioned by the government to advise on its plan to overhaul the nation's taxes, recommended a levy of NT$2,000 (US$61.8, £37.6) per tonne of CO2 emissions.

[17] As a result, vice finance minister Chang Sheng-ho announced a plan for a carbon tax in starting 2011,[17] with the revenues funding low-income families and public transport.

[18] However, Premier Wu Den-yih opposed implementing the tax, arguing it would increase public suffering during the then ongoing recession.

[22] According to a survey that the RSPRC conducted in April 2020, 85% of Taiwanese said that they experienced the effects of climate change on some level.

[16] The survey also found that acceleration of energy transition and reduction in carbon was ranked in third place with 38.7% when asked what the government long terms priorities should be.