Climate change issue has been a long term challenge for policy making. There are many difficulties for policy decision due to uncertainties from post-k-Kyoto negotiations. Many countries are setting up their GHG emission reduction laws to reinforce their reduction actions. Weighty scientific reports and the force of public opinion will ensure that concern over global warming and related matters, such as nationally appropriate mitigation actions in the context of sustainable development, supported and enabled by technology, financing and capacity-building, in a measurable, reportable and verifiable manner. This project has completed to participate in the climate change conference(COP15/CMP5) in Copenhagen, making observation on the post Kyoto negotiation and GHG emission control, and making 3 presentations and exhibition on these efforts of Taiwan on addressing climate change. Promoting Taiwan’s participation in the UNFCCC enables to substantially enhance Taiwan's international participations and contributions. At the same time, bilateral meeting and dialogue with friendly countries seek for the cooperation chance of the capacity building on emission reduction and adaptation, and experience sharing and establishment of connection channels. The work tasks of this project have been completed smoothly. Taiwan EPA has invited five experts from the USEPA to participate the 「EPAT-USEPA Emission Trading Program」workshop on the experience and implementation that United States design the cap-and-trade system., over 200 people participated in the workshop, involving officials from all departments, scholars, experts in Taiwan. They share some knowledge and experiences of the international GHG reduction mechanism and capacity building. At the same time, ITRI is improving the database of MARKAL Model relating to steel and petrochemical industries, also including the discussion on greenhouse gas reduction laws and the proposed measures from each department, and promoting the experience exchange of the model analysis between ITRI and Brookhaven Laboratory( BNL). In addition, ITRI is preparing Taiwan’s GHG emission statistics refer to the 2006 IPCC GHG inventory guideline, also exchanging the experience with international experts together. The GHG emissions in 2008 is 289.77 MTCO2 eq (LUCF absorption excluded), CO2 emissions increases by 121.96% from 1990 to 2008, and 92.0% is from energy related CO2 emissions. The GHG emissions in 2008 show a decrease by 4.08% first time. Three main reasons contribute to a negative growth between 2007 and 2008. The first may be that global financial crisis causes economic recession. Next is that the energy consumption went down after the prices of oil and electricity were rationalized. The third one is that the government is vigorously conducting the relative policies and measures on energy saving and carbon reduction. Finally, the project supports some international publications on 3E themes. The project is keeping to issue 3 papers, which can help the world to understand the efforts that Taiwan have done for the greenhouse gas reduction. we also has completed 6 issues of electric news, and building the web 「Road to Copenhagen」, and assisting Taiwan EPA to organize 11 climate change workshops on mitigating climate change and GHG management issues.

UNFCCC,Kyoto protocol, GHG