Taipei, Dec. 16 (CNA) Taiwan will implement a mechanism to reduce carbon emissions, based on the conclusions reached in two international meetings recently, the Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) said Sunday.
The EPA said a new agreement on global climate change and on establishing a whole new mechanism by 2015 was adopted at the international conferences, called the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol and the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which were held in Doha, Qatar Nov. 26 to Dec. 8.
The agreement calls on governments worldwide to take immediate action and put forward solutions to climate change in order to slow down global warming.
In response to the conclusions reached at the meeting, the EPA said, Taiwan's government will set up a mechanism to measure, verify and manage carbon emissions.
In addition, Taiwan plans to strengthen cooperation with other countries on the climate change issue, the EPA said.
Taiwan will also promote education and training on climate change and work to raise public awareness of the issue, it said.
The Doha meetings brought together at least 11,000 government officials, observers, and journalists from 189 countries around the world, with the aim of developing strategies in response to climate change and to reduce carbon emissions.
The next annual meeting is scheduled for Nov. 11-22, 2013 in Warsaw, Poland.
(By Zoe Wei and Nell Shen)