A number of Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) legislators yesterday launched a proposal to require that the government prioritize saving energy and reducing carbon dioxide emissions.
The proposal, initiated by KMT legislators Chiang Nai-shin (蔣乃辛), Chao Li-yun (趙麗雲), Hung Hsiu-chu (洪秀柱) and 11 others, urged the Executive Yuan to establish a special task force and request sufficient funding to study how the nation could contribute to the fight against global warming.
The proposal was launched with torrential rains brought by Typhoon Morakot — which caused serious floods and landslides in southern and eastern Taiwan— in mind, the legislators said.
They said Taiwan had been a major source of greenhosue gases while the nation’s efforts to reduce such emissions had received poor ratings in the Climate Change Performance Index 2010 released by the civic groups GermanWatch and CAN-Europe.
“Academic research showed that Taiwan might face three serious floods every year if the government fails to take preemptive measures in response to global warming and rising sea levels,” the legislators said.
A probe into sea level changes in Keelung, Kaohsiung, Taitung and Ilan conducted between 1991 and 2001 showed they had risen by 3cm over the decade and are still rising by 0.3cm every year, the lawmakers said.
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