Drop in Taiwan's Overall Greenhouse Gas Emissions Hides Other Increases
The environment ministry’s latest findings show a 4% drop in planet-heating greenhouse gases between 2021 and 2022, but the energy and transportation sectors saw emissions increase in that time.
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00:00The latest figures show Taiwan's greenhouse gas emissions declined between 2021 and 2022.
00:06The Environment Ministry's findings show a 4 percent drop in planet heating gases.
00:11However, the energy and transportation sectors saw emissions increase.
00:16These are Taiwan's third and fourth biggest emitting sectors, after industry and buildings.
00:21Taiwan's emissions have steadily decreased since 2007, but the country is still short
00:26of reaching its climate goal of cutting emissions by a quarter by 2030, compared with 2005 levels.