This project is to assist the Environmental Protection Administration in developing National Adaptation Plan. The focus of this year includes integrating and analyzing the implementation and results of the National Climate Change Adaptation Action Plan last year (2021), drafting the "National Climate Change Adaptation Action Plan (2023-2027)", drafting the adaptation communication following the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Paris Agreement rules, drafting the "Climate Change Risk Assessment Rules", organizing climate change adaptation forums and updating and maintaining the "Taiwan Climate Change Adaptation Platform".
The main achievements are summarized as follows：
1. To integrate the results of the adaptation action plan in 2021 in various sectors, the submission procedure, time schedule, document format, and content structure of the first draft were planned. An electronic reporting platform was established to assist the Environmental Protection Administration and relevant ministries to complete the submission of the first draft. On August 11th and 16th, 2022, the "National Climate Change Adaptation Annual Achievement Report Review Seminar" was held. Experts were invited to give comments on the first draft of the results submitted by each sector. The revisions from each sector were accomplished in September according to the opinions of experts.
2. In November of 2022, the "2022 National Climate Change Adaptation Action Plan Annual Results Report Summary" (first draft) was finalized, including results from eight sectors and capacity building.
3. By collecting responses from scholars, experts, non-governmental organizations, and various ministries and agencies, the "National Climate Change Adaptation Action Plan (2018-2022)" were evaluated. And the evaluation was taken as a reference for proposing the "National Climate Change Adaptation Action Plan (2023-2027) " (hereinafter referred to as the action plan for the next stage).
4. The "National Adaptation Application Scenario Setting" (Fixed Warming Scenario) and "National Climate Change Adaptation Framework Setting" were completed. By holding consultation meetings with experts and cross-ministerial conferences, the consensus of various ministries and agencies was obtained and incorporated into the action plan for the next stage.
5. The sector adjustment of the action plan for the next stage was completed. Considering that the nature of "disaster" is a factor that causes climate change hazards, after consultation with the ministries and experts, the decision was made to integrate "disaster" into other fields. And the action plan for the next stage is based on sectors including "Infrastructure", "Water Resources", "Land Use", "Coastal and Marine", "Energy Supply and Industry", "Agricultural Production and Biodiversity", "Health", and "Capacity Building".
6. By holding consultation meetings with experts and cross-ministerial conferences, the first draft of the action plan for the next stage was completed including adaptation goals, strategies, measures, and plans.
7. Completed and compiled the opinion reports submitted by 21 parties to the Paris Agreement and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction for the global inventory and summarized the latest progress of SB56 and related seminars.
8. Completed and compiled the translation of Japanese and German national climate change adaptation plans. The content includes the organizational structure, sector classification, strategic measures, and related cases. Suggestions were made to adjust our action plan by comparing adaptation action plans from Japan and Germany.
9. Reviewed the adaptation-related resolutions in COP26. Referring to the rules of the Paris Agreement and the adaptation communication framework from developed countries, the first draft of the Taiwan adaptation communication was completed. The content includes origin, national conditions, impact, risk and vulnerability, major regulations in adaptation plans, division of powers and responsibilities, adaptation strategies, objectives, implementation of adaptation actions and plans, and international cooperation in both Chinese and English versions.
10. Climate change risk assessment manuals from international organizations, various countries, domestic risk assessment-related operational guidelines, and opinions from experts and scholars were integrated to develop a draft of "Climate Change Risk Assessment Operational Guidelines". It includes general principles, basic principles of risk assessment operations, risk assessment results and application, and supplementary regulations, focusing on the practical operation level.
11. The research and analysis of the draft of the "Climate Change Response Law" and the "Enforcement Rules of the Greenhouse Gas Reduction and Management Law" were completed to propose amendments.
12. On August 24, 2022, the "Starting from Forests and Achieving a Low-Carbon World Symposium" was held. The number of participants reached 105. It brought together opinions from all walks of life to discuss how to respond to international carbon rights demands through tending trees and developing forestry and realizing the purpose of forest and biodiversity conservation.
13. On October 8, 2022, the "Climate Change Adaptation Action Forum" was held in Taipei Songshan Cultural and Creative Park, inviting experts from the industry, government, and academia who have a deep understanding of climate change to explore new solutions for climate change resilience and interdisciplinary scientific research to address environmental and social challenges under global environmental change.
14. On November 29, 2022, the "Press Conference on Promoting Green Energy Roofs and Low-Carbon Homes Lighting Up" was held, inviting The Homemakers Union and Foundation, Green Advocates Green Power Cooperatives, and low-carbon sustainable homes review committee to participate together as a demonstration of promoting solar photovoltaics from the government.
15. Completed the effectiveness check of the "Taiwan Climate Change Adaptation Platform" website. Updated the online submission system for climate change adaptation information and achievement data. Published information on climate change scientific research projects and online research results and evaluated the feasibility of upgrading the Window Server system.
