TAIPEI — Taiwan is about to push forward with formidable local weather reforms, together with introducing carbon charges, within the new 12 months and strengthening net-zero insurance policies that may alternate how the non-public sector operates, consistent with its new surroundings leader.
Firms within the energy era and production industries that produce carbon emissions exceeding 25,000 tonnes a 12 months should pay emission charges from Jan. 1, 2024, Taiwan’s first-ever surroundings minister, Shieu Fuh-sheng, instructed Nikkei Asia in an unique interview. There are 512 corporations that may fall beneath this class, he added.
