As the COP28 climate talks ended in a deal on global transition away from fossil fuels and triple renewable energy capacity by 2030, Taiwan Institute for Sustainable Energy Research (TAISE) invited Taiwan delegation to COP28 to share their observations on Dec. 20.
During the talks, the six delegators all highlighted the key role of climate finance in achieving sustainable transformation.
COP28 President Sultan Al Jaber approved the deal to transition away from fossil fuels on Dec. 13. (Photo: UNclimatechange)
CEO Ku Yang (顧洋) of TAISE, who had joined the climate talks for 20 times, said that COP28 was the largest in history, with 5,500 delegates from the UN and more than 100,000 people attending the event.
Ku believes that the five keywords for COP28 is “action, aspiration, just, collaboration, and transformation,” adding that the first global stocktake report showed that more efforts should be done to meet climate targets.
This year’s climate talks focused more on developing countries, echoing the UN’s principle of “leave no one behind,” the central, transformative promise of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Yang said.
