A regional environmental conference that will bring together representatives of international green parties and prominent environmental activists will be held in Taipei next year.
Officials from the Taiwan Green Party told a press conference yesterday that they expect the three-day Asia-Pacific Greens Network meeting to draw more than 150 international delegates and upward of 250 domestic researchers. The event is scheduled to take place from April 30 to May 2.
The Asia-Pacific Greens Network — currently in its second year — is part of the larger Global Greens network, which comprises national green parties from more than 30 nations along with other environmental and social organizations.
Organizers said the conference would include ample opportunities for forums and discussions, and called on the public to become involved.
“It is important for us to bring this conference here and let Taiwanese learn more about our [Green] Party, the environmental movement and what we stand for,” Green Party Co-Chairman Chang Hung-lin (張宏林) said. “The public is getting tired of the traditional [two-party] political bickering.”
In response to the last minute compromise reached during the international Copenhagen climate summit last week, Chang said: “Obviously, we are not satisfied with it ... it shows that the public needs to start electing green politicians.”
The Green Party is hoping to run eight candidates — including two Aboriginal candidates — in next December’s Taipei City elections, Chang told the Taipei Times.
Party spokesperson Pan Han-shen (潘翰聲) — who plans to stand as a candidate in Songshan-Xinyi district next year — said the party is looking to initiate a five-year plan that it hopes will help it appeal more to mainstream voters and run more candidates in other elections.
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