By collecting the related information of responses to climate change and atmospheric protecting development and holding the conference, this project brought up an experience exchanging and expanded the cooperative opportunities with Mainland China. This is the third year that Taiwan and Mainland China have had exchange of responses to climate change. 42 industrial, governmental, and academic important experts joined the conference in Taiwan during June 26th to 27th, 2012. During the conference, both sides discussed and exchanged opinions on six subjects including (1) Forecast of extreme weather and climate monitoring technology, (2) Emission trading management regime, (3) Energy-saving and carbon reduction actions in enterprises, (4) Experience sharing of emission trading, (5) Technical exchange of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) reduction, and (6) Constructions of low carbon society. In the conclusion of the conference, both sides would start cooperation with subjects like recycling-based low carbon cities, Strategies of low carbon industries, green economic tools, and early warning of climate change. In addition, this project planned a Cross-strait Climate Change Cooperative Team in order to promote the future solid cooperation. For the Cross-Strait Conference on Atmospheric Protection in Taiwan, six experts and scholars from Mainland China were invited to join the meeting during January 15th to 16th, 2012. During the conference, both sides exchanged experiences on “arts, systems and control strategies on the protection and management of air quality” and “the monitoring and inspecting of air quality”. This conference laid a foundation of building friendly relationship between competent business units of atmospheric protection in Taiwan and Mainland China, and was expected as the beginning of regular Cross-Strait exchange and corporation of atmospheric protection in the future.

Cooperation of climate change, Protection of the atmosphere, Cross-strait cooperation mechanism