Taipei Times
Date: Oct 23, 2017
By: Lin Chia-nan / Staff reporter
Taiwan has the potential to become a global leader in renewable energy development
President Tsai Ing-wen speaks at the International Symposium on Sustainability Science in Taipei yesterday. Photo: CNA
if it succeeds in energy transformation, President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) told an international symposium in Taipei yesterday.
The International Symposium on Sustainability Science was held by the Academia Sinica and attended by about 350 academics from the US, Japan, Australia and other countries.
The symposium aims to raise international awareness about sustainability and air pollution; to promote international collaboration; and bring international views and experiences to local communities, Academia Sinica President James Liao (廖俊智) said.
In her opening speech, Tsai quoted former US president Barack Obama as saying at the UN Climate Summit in 2014: “We are the first generation to feel the effect of climate change and the last generation who can do something about it.”
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