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Taipei’s Net-Zero Commitment
In response to the United Nations' 2050 net-zero their use of public transportation.
emissions goal, Taipei City has been continuously
refining policies and taking concrete actions to build a Taipei is also actively expanding its low-emission
low-carbon, resilient, and livable city, actively pursuing public transport system, including electric buses and
sustainable development. public bicycles, offering residents new low-carbon
mobility options. Alongside these efforts, Taipei is
Taipei City has set short-term, medium-term, and promoting green building development to foster a
long-term carbon reduction targets, aiming to reduce more sustainable urban living environment.
carbon emissions by 40% by 2030. To encourage
sustainable lifestyles, the city government has Through the issuance of sustainability bonds, Taipei
launched the “Carbon Passbook” program, which is financing environmentally and socially beneficial
rewards citizens for making daily carbon-reducing projects, encouraging private-sector participation,
choices. So far, participants have collectively reduced and building a shared path to a more livable,
over 44,000 metric tons of carbon emissions through sustainable future.
