英文摘要 |
In order to raise citizen awareness on climate change and promote low-carbon actions, the Environmental Protection Administration of the Executive Yuan, R.O.C (EPAT) launched the “Low-Carbon and Sustainable Homeland Program” in 2015. Through this voluntary program, villages in Taiwan were mobilized to implement low-carbon actions. Meanwhile, the policy had also allowed local government to formulate organizations dedicated for promoting low-carbon policies and concatenate resources between the central government, local villages, industries and non-government organizations (NGO) to carry out and take long-term actions, engraving environmental awareness into people’s daily life and becoming part of societal culture.
To expand the participation of NGOs and enterprises in low-carbon actions, this project confirm the ESCO enterprise and planners can have an impact on promoting the operation of low-carbon communities after appropriate technical information exchange, and propose to adjust some action plans related to urban cooling and building greening, which can be the direction of follow-up improvement. With the help of the structure of the Program, the project is able to fund and evaluate programs carried out by the local government and provide training sessions and conference on climate actions. Lastly, the project also holds event such as award ceremonies and builds websites to integrate the achievements of the low-carbon sustainable homeland and strengthen the promotion capacity of local governments.
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