EDITORIAL: Adaptive climate strategies neededTyphoon Gaemi swept over the nation on July 24 and 25, causing severe flooding across Taiwan proper, especially in the central and southern areas. In response to the “existential threat” of extreme weather, the environment, health and welfare, and labor ministries held a Climate Change and Heat Adaptation Strategies Conference on Wednesday last week. In the conference, Minister of Environment Peng Chi-ming (彭啟明), who has a meteorology background, stressed the importance of investing in “adaptation” strategies. Climate change adaptation is not a new concept. Members of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change established a global goal on adaptation in the Paris Agreement in 2015.

Source: Taipei Times August 04, 2024 21:46 UTC