Carbon pricing options for Taiwan
Annual greenhouse gas emissions in Taiwan reached a record high in 2017. Although estimates indicate that annual emissions have fallen since then, stronger action is needed for Taiwan to reach its 2050
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Taiwan keen to partner Orissa in development
BHUBANESWAR: Taiwan is keen to partner Orissa in its industrial growth even as it attempts to substantially raise the bilateral trade and investment ties with India. The country is looking forward to invest in sectors like food processing, textiles, agriprocessing, IT manufacturing and electronics in Orissa as a highlevel delegation led by its Ambassador to India Wenchyi Ong visits the State fo
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Taiwan to potty-train pigs
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Taiwan Moves Toward Carbon Offset Scheme
Nearly 270 companies responsible for more than half of Taiwan's greenhouse gas pollution have agreed to supply emissions data to the government to help it launch a carbon offset scheme, officials said on Tuesday. Taiwan's Environmental Protection Administration passed rules on September 10 in which companies were requested to supply emissions data needed to launch a carbon trading platform by y
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A class apart: This school is made of wastepaper
Taipei: An eco-conscious couple in Taiwan has opened a small schoolhouse built with donated newspapers fed through a homemade blender, the chief architect said.
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Culture and sustainable livelihoods
The sustainable livelihoods (SL) approach offers a practical means of addressing some critical aspects of sustainable development. In this research, the SL framework is applied to an analysis of tourism development among the Shanmei Cou in Taiwan.
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Soon, H-powered mobile chargers
Taipei: Taiwanese researchers said on Friday that they have developed hydrogenpowered mobile phone chargers, in a development that could boost the island
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Chlorination disinfection by-products in drinking water and congenital anomalies: Review and meta-analyses
The aim of this study was to review epidemiologic evidence, provide summary risk estimates of the association between exposure to chlorination disinfection by-products (DBPs) and congenital anomalies, and provide recommendations for future studies.
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Illegal fishing evades U.N. crackdown: study
Illegal fishing is depleting the seas and robbing poor nations in Africa and Asia of resources, but a lack of global cooperation is undermining efforts to track rogue vessels, an environmental group said on Tuesday.
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Taiwan Approves $2.9 Billion For Typhoon Reconstruction
Taiwan's cabinet approved a special T$100 billion ($2.9 billion) budget on Thursday for typhoon reconstruction after the worst storm in 50 years killed about 500 people and left destruction across the island's south. The cabinet passed the three-year reconstruction budget to cover rebuilding damaged areas, where farm and factory-related losses have amounted to some T$15 billion.
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Typhoon Whips Taiwan After Killing 11 In Philippines
A medium-strength typhoon, the most severe this year so far, slowly enveloped Taiwan on Friday, forcing flight cancellations and port closures after killing 11 people in the Philippines. Typhoon Morakot churned slowly toward Taiwan with winds gusts up to 180 kph (112 mph) on its way to China and after triggering flash floods in the Philippines, disaster officials said.