The First Lawsuit for Carbon Reduction in Taiwan

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02/03/2021

Under the Renewable Energy Development Act, the Taiwan government set the" electricity bulk user regulation," which asks big companies to use renewable energy. After a lengthy campaign, the Ministry of Economic Affairs still published the regulation with minimal demands, only 500 electricity users restricted. Greenpeace East-Asia Taipei office and the Environmental Jurists Association joined four private citizens to file the lawsuit on February 3rd, 2021. There is a need, they say, to urge the government to raise companies' renewable transition percentage and then reduce power emission.

In original language:

臺灣第一起減碳訴訟

隨著再生能源發展條例修正，訂下用電大戶條款讓企業必須使用再生能源。經過了長達一年的倡議，經濟部仍讓用電大戶條款疲弱上路，僅有500個電力用戶（電號）受到規範。為了讓經濟部重新審視用電大戶條款的問題，4名民眾、綠色和平與環境法律人協會2月3日向臺北高等行政法院提起行政訴訟，爭取企業更積極減碳。

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