Ma admin. launches climate change initiative at COP21
Environment Minister Wei Guo-yen has launched the Pan Pacific Adaptation on Climate Change on the sidelines of world climate talks in Paris.
Speaking at the launch Sunday, Wei said the initiative is aimed at helping the region deal with the effects of global warming using technology developed in Taiwan.
Wei is in Paris for the 21st session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Taiwan is not a party to the convention, but Wei is the first E-P-A minister from Taiwan to take part in events on the sidelines of the Paris summit.
He is scheduled to hold bilateral talks with environmental protection
officials from other countries during his visit.