Taiwan is particularly vulnerable to climate change, and is likely to see more extreme weather hitting the island if no strong action is taken to reduce the effects of global warming.
While climate change continues to threaten all of our lives in some way or another, people who are living in the global South, low-income families, disadvantaged and discriminated communities are disproportionately being affected by the climate crisis.
With this, human rights are intimately linked with climate change because of its devastating effect on not just the environment but our own wellbeing. In addition to threatening our very existence, climate change is having harmful impacts on our rights to life, health, food, water, housing, livelihood and culture.
Join us for an event discussing climate justice and the effects climate change is and will continue to have on communities in Taiwan. We will be joined by speakers from the Environmental Rights Foundation, 350Taiwan and Taiwan Youth Climate Coalition who will share what actions and policies they are pressing for in Taiwan and why we should all be calling for climate justice.
Speaker information:
Environmental Rights Foundation is a nonprofit organisation based in Taiwan that aims to support environmental grassroots movements, strengthen civic participation, promote information disclosure, and defend the communities for the right to live with a better environment.
Yan-Ting Lin is a campaigner & researcher of the Environmental Rights Foundation (ERF) whose work focuses on climate change, environmental impact of petrochemical and electronics industry issues. Mau-Ting Nee works as a researcher for ERF and currently is engaging in amending the GHGs Reduction and Management Act and introducing the climate citizen suit clauses into the bill. Together they will be sharing their work to amend the climate action act, as they hope to add a fair transformation into the bill to solve the human rights and social issues arising from Taiwan’s domestic climate refugees, industrial transformation and energy transformation.
350 Taiwan works to end the age of fossil fuels and build a world of community-led renewable energy for all. Their work leverages people power to dismantle the influence and infrastructure of the fossil fuel industry.
Liangyi Chang from 350 Taiwan is concerned about sustainability for future generations, he is engaged with sustainable development and a climate movement builder. Starting from 2009, he has joined various international NGOs, including participating in UNFCCC’s 15th Conference of the Parties or going for public speaking on different stages of his climate stories.
Taiwan Youth Climate Coalition (TWYCC) is a group of Taiwanese youth with a passion for environmental conservation and climate change issues.
Shun-Te Wang is a climate change researcher/advocate with an interdisciplinary background. Currently, he works as a Senior Research Fellow at the Taiwan Research Institute, with a special focus on Taiwan's Net Zero policy engagement. He has been in charge of TWYCC international affairs since 2019 and will be sharing his thoughts on what climate justice means for the youth in Taiwan.
The talk will start at 7:30 at Ooh Cha Cha 自然食科技大樓 (Technology building), followed by a discussion. It's an informal and interactive talk so come join us and grab a drink or a bite to eat.
There is no entrance fee, we just ask each attendee to please purchase one item from Ooh Cha Cha's restaurant/bar
