Climate Change Adaptation Strategies of Taipei Metropolitan and Taiwan

Fei-Yu Kuo

Department of Urban and Housing DevelopmentCouncil for Economic Planning and Development

Taiwan

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Taipei City

Keelung City

Taipei County

About Metropolitan Taipei

The socio-economic center of Taiwan

A metropolitan area of 2,550 km2, consists of Taipei City and the outlying areas of Taipei County and Keelung City

Total population had increased over 6.74 million by 2005

Urban development is clustered in the central portion of the Taipei Basin on the flat areas of Tansui River watershed

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Disaster Characteristics of Taipei

Flood Area

Mudflows and landslides Area

Taipei City

Keelung City

Taipei County

Suffered from frequent earthquakes

Typhoons and rainstorms often attack in summer

Mudflows and landslides arise in the slope area of Taipei metropolitan area in raining season

Flood is a critical issue for urban management

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Program of Flood Management in Frequently Inundated Area

The Program of Flood Management in Frequently Inundated Area

Budgeted 116 billion (2006-2013)

Improvement of agricultural drainage system, water and soil conservation in upstream area, flood control and river dredge

• National Budget: 110 billion (2006-2013)

• Budgeted 44.5 billion in Second Stage (2008-2010)

• Budget of Taipei metropolitan area: 32.6 billion (2008-2010)

Construction of urban drainage system

• dredging waterway, subsidizing citizens for the expenditures of flood prevention

• National Budget: 6 billion (2006-2013)

• Budget of Taipei metropolitan area: 0.61 billion (2008-2010)

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Promotions of Urban Green Building

The "Green Building Promotion Program" of Taiwan was proposed in March 2001

Green Building Regulation-building code revised

Development of the Ecological Community and Sustainable City

In order to strengthen the development of Green Building, powerful public policies play an important role

to initiate green building design with all public buildings

— Mandatory green building design for all new official buildings of central government was required in 2002

— For local government buildings in 2003

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National Territory Recovery Program and Act( Draft)

Approved by the Executive Yuan at 2005 Response to the severe mudflows and floods caused

by strong typhoon at July, 2004. An integrated project involving multi-disciplinary and

inter-ministerial programs Structure and Non-structure measures

Land use change; Industrial adjustment: incentives for aquaculture adjustments in

subsidence areas New Roads banned in mountainous areas; Reallocation and migration people in potential hazardous areas;

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Agencies for Climate Change Adaptation

“Climate Change and Kyoto Protocol Response Working Group”

Structure of the taskforce— Leading Agency: EPA

— Members: ministries of economic Affairs, Interior, Transportation and Council for Agriculture and CEPD, experts and NGO members

Tasks and achievements— In response to climate change, Taiwan

has re-evaluated its energy and industrial policies and promoted various measures to reduce GHG emissions

— More mitigation, less adaptation before

— efforts are now underway to mitigate and adapt the potential effects of climate change

National Council for Sustainable Development (NCSD)

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National Climate Change Impact Assessment and Adaptation strategy in Taiwan

Three objectives Five strategies Fifteen sectoral action plans (draft)

Objectives

Reduction of negative climate change impact

Ecosystem conservation and

sustainable land use

Take chance of positive impacts

Strategies

Organization restructure

Education LegislationIndustry

adaptationLand use

adaptation

Action Plans

Specific sector plans:Climate research, flooding, landslide, water resources, costal and low-lying area, ecosystem, agriculture, fishery, forest, livestock industry, and health

Cross-sectoral plans:Land spatial management,

socioeconomic development, education, and industry adaptation