The global Low Carbon Cities movement is sprouting rapidly, and Taiwan should not be left out of this important international trend, so besides sharing the fruits of low carbon technologies exchange and cooperation, modeling best practices from others efforts at public policies promoting strategies and implementing low carbon cities, we can endeavor to promote our domestic low carbon cities with all immediacy! Whether in terms of establishing low carbon networks, or promoting low carbon communities and developing environmentally-sound green cities, the United Kingdom is one of the world leaders, and her efforts stand as best practices for global emulation. Also, given that the UK is also an island nation, her successful implementation of sustainable development experiences provide us and other islands with an immediate model for public policy borrowing. It was natural then that the British Trade & Cultural Office, BTCO, would cooperate with our Taiwan Environmental Protection Administration, EPA, to host the TAISE-organized “2012 Taiwan & United Kingdom Low Carbon and Sustainable City Forum– Experience of Low Carbon Building and Transportation Development”, inviting experts from the UK, along with domestic scholars and New Taipei City officials, to share in a forum, interactively exchanging experiences in municipal marketing, where different approaches were explained, along with technical aspects and public policy recommendations, helping establish the framework and new vision for low carbon cities in Taiwan, while realizing the opportunities from developing a green economy, as we all work together to achieve a low-carbon, sustainable homeland.

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