Environmental Impact Assessment: Assessing the environmental efforts of local governmentsA recent report by an environmental NGO grades Taiwan’s municipalities on achieving net zero — at least those who were willing to participateBy Steven Crook / Contributing reporterThe central government sets the nation’s environmental strategy and directs the push for net zero. The country’s local governments aren’t powerless, however. However, in 2021 — the only year in which all of Taiwan’s cities and counties took part — both metropolises slipped to “good,” trailing four other local governments. In July 2024, the Changhua County Government implemented some of the country’s strictest trash-processing rules. “Hualien County and Kaohsiung City have serious river pollution and their budgets could be increased,” TEPU notes in its report.

Source: Taipei Times January 13, 2026 16:10 UTC