Global citizen’s Café invites you to talk about climate change
The convention for global climate change will be held on June 5th next year with the purpose of collecting opinions about climate change issues from the industries and academia. The Environmental Protection Administration also hosted three “Global citizen’s Café” in the northern, central, and southern part of Taiwan; the one in Taipei was held by The EPA and New Taipei City Government on November 27th at New Taipei City Hall, attracting almost 350 people from Keelung, Taipei City, New Taipei City, Taoyuan County, Xinzhu City, Jinmen County, and Lianjiang County to discuss the continual and effective solutions to global climate.
The event was a discussion-based forum where people exchanged ideas and opinions and finally reached a consensus. Furthermore, people also shared something they didn’t know with each other so new knowledge and information can be passed on. The “Global Citizen Cafe” consists of one organizer, one note taker, and several members with various topics having 25 minutes to discuss with four rounds in total. President Chen of the Homemakers’ Union and Foundation raised the question how did we cope with the earthquake and tsunami in Japan if it happened in Taiwan? Should we learn our lessons? If yes. how? President Kao of National Association for the Promotion of Community University also raised the question about how to live a low-carbon life these days, giving people a chance to think carefully about a more environmentally-friendly place.
According to Deng Jiaji, New Taipei City has already changed to be a place where green and environmentally-friendly buildings with low-carbon emissions can be found. Other aspects include transportation; tourism, industry development, and policy planning also fit into this category. EPA Minister Shen said people can have more opportunities to have their voices heard through this forum, so more ideas can be exchanged in the end. It is hoped that more concrete suggestions can be used to better Taiwan’s policies of climate change.