GHG legislation: Lessons from Taiwan

Taiwan has drafted a Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Reduction Bill in 2006, which is currently undergoing the legislative process in the Congress. The purpose of this study is to reexamine the legal framework and contents of this Bill, evaluate potential problems and propose recommendations. This study advoca...

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Published in:Energy policy 2009-07, Vol.37 (7), p.2696-2707
Main Authors: Huang, Wei Ming, Lee, Grace W.M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Allocations
Allowances
Applied sciences
Bills
Cap and trade scheme
Carbon emissions
Economic data
Emission analysis
Emissions control
Emissions trading
Energy
Energy economics
Energy policy
Energy sources
Exact sciences and technology
General, economic and professional studies
Greenhouse effect
Greenhouse gas
Greenhouse gas Legislation Cap and trade scheme
Greenhouse gases
Legislation
Policy analysis
Reduction
Studies
Taiwan
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Summary:Taiwan has drafted a Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Reduction Bill in 2006, which is currently undergoing the legislative process in the Congress. The purpose of this study is to reexamine the legal framework and contents of this Bill, evaluate potential problems and propose recommendations. This study advocates that setting the GHG reduction targets should be settled in this Bill. In addition, based on the analysis of international experiences, it is recommenced that emissions trading scheme in the Bill should be focused on large emission sources and the share of allowance auction should be increased to reduce gratis allocation. Furthermore, from the calculation results based on the long-range energy alternative planning (LEAP) model, a conflict is observed for the existing energy policy and GHG reduction efforts in Taiwan. That is, coal-burning power plants will be the most important source of energy for Taiwan in the future. In order to reduce this conflict, the authors have recommended that the Bill should also be integrated with other relevant existing legislation to achieve a complementary effect.
ISSN:0301-4215
1873-6777
DOI:10.1016/j.enpol.2009.03.007