Citizens Want Environmental Initiatives 環團網路票選政見 3大議題民眾最關注

Low-emission traffic, net-zero social housing and reusable container borrowing stations are three environment-related policies that voters most care about, according to a poll conducted by an environmental group. It is also calling on candidates to include environmental policies in their platforms.

According to a poll by an environmental group, the three initiatives citizens most want are low-emission transportation districts, net-zero social housing and container borrowing stations.

David Walther, Postdoctoral Researcher, Academia Sinica Center for Sustainability Science: “(Let people know) what the benefits of this are. (For example), net-zero transportation districts will get first access to solar-polar. If there's a YouBike station right outside my house, why wouldn't I ride it to the MRT? Let residents of net-zero districts benefit.”

Industrial emissions account for close to 50 percent of overall emissions in Taiwan, followed by transportation emissions at 14 percent. However, less than 20 percent of Taiwanese people use net-zero transportation like public buses. Some experts are calling on the government to establish incentive and reward systems, while others are calling on the government to pay attention to the effects of extreme weather.

Kuo Hung-yi, Secretary-General, Environmental Jurists Association: “The "accompanied effect" of Typhoon Nisat and the northeast monsoon caused flooding across Greater Taipei. Last year, we went through the worst drought of the decade. Cities need to be more resilient against extreme weather. This includes greater biodiversity and fundamental ecological solutions.”

Both environmental groups and academics are calling on candidates to clarify their environmental policies before the end of the month.

大型看板展示氣候政見，有環保團體發起網路票選，找出民眾最關注的3項氣候議題，其中低排放交通區、淨零社會住宅和循環容器隨處借3項呼聲最高。

中研院永續科學中心博士後研究員王瑞庚表示：「讓民眾知道做這件事情對我有什麼好處，舉例我們淨零交通區的人能夠優先享受到太陽能種電的利益，如果我門口出來就是YouBike，那我為什麼不騎著它就去捷運呢，讓攸關民眾的交通淨零低排放區的紅利能夠由民眾來取得。」

學者指出，台灣的工業碳排佔比近5成，運輸碳排大約14%，雖然相對較低，但台灣民眾在旅行運輸上，使用公共運輸等零碳運具的比例也不到2成，建議政府成立相關平台，並給民眾淨零紅利增加誘因；還有專家從最近幾天，北台灣的豪雨成災等角度切入，提醒氣候變遷帶來的嚴重影響性。

環境法律人協會秘書長郭鴻儀指出：「尼莎颱風以及東北季風的共伴效應造成了大台北地區的淹水，在去我們也面臨了10年來最大的旱災的危機，氣候變遷調適要增加城市的韌性以及降低城市的脆弱度，恢復生物多樣性以及生態系統為基礎的解決方案。」

選戰進入倒數，環保團體和專家學者在台北市府前，公布民眾關注的氣候議題，呼籲台北市和其他縣市的首長候選人能在10月底前承諾將氣候議題納入政見。