NOW IS THE TIME: A group of government, academic and industry professionals have called on leaders to prepare for the effects of climate change on Taiwan

Taipei Times
Date: Jan 04, 2020
By: Dennis Xie  /  Staff writer, with CNA

The Taiwan Disaster Prevention Industry Association on Thursday declared a climate emergency in Taiwan, urging the government to devise medium to long-term measures to prepare for climate change.

If the atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide continues to increase at its current pace, it would exceed 450 parts per million by 2036, causing a rise of 2°C in global temperatures, the group of disaster prevention experts from industry, government and academia said.

Calling it an emergency is not meant to invoke fear, but is intended to highlight the need for early preparation for global warming, otherwise Taiwan could be caught in severe problems it would be unable to fix, they said.

That is why leaders in Taiwan should propose strategies, one of which should be to integrate disaster prevention systems across all governmental levels, association director Peng Chi-ming (彭啟明) said.
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