Taiwan Ranked at Bottom of Global Climate Index
Taiwan's Environmental Ministry has criticized the latest Climate Change Performance Index published by Germanwatch. That ranking saw Taiwan fall 4 spots to number 61 out of 67 countries.
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00:00 Taiwan's environment ministry has pushed back against a drop in the country's global climate
00:05 rankings.
00:06 Taiwan fell four spots in the latest climate change performance index to number 61 out
00:12 of 67 countries.
00:14 The ministry said that Taiwan had cut emissions better than the global average and criticized
00:19 the study's evaluation methods.
00:21 But the study's publisher, German Watch, advised Taiwan to end fossil fuel subsidies and expand
00:27 clean energy options.
00:29 The report was released during the ongoing UN COP28 climate summit.
00:34 No country is on track to prevent dangerous climate change.
00:37 No country is on track altogether to do enough for the 1.5 threshold.
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